'Amandine is gentle and perceptive . there are surprises to jolt your comfort zone and the conclusion is the biggest jolt of all.' Courier Mail'A classic, expertly wrought novel of love, loss, and tangled loyalties, Amandine is also a banquet of sumptuous imagery and delicious historical detail.' - Chandra Prasad, author of On Borrowed Wings '. balances heartbreak, loneliness, fear and hope with aplomb. ' Publishers WeeklyMarlena de Blasi brings her luminous prose to the world of fiction with this remarkable debut novel. ...
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'Amandine is gentle and perceptive . there are surprises to jolt your comfort zone and the conclusion is the biggest jolt of all.' Courier Mail'A classic, expertly wrought novel of love, loss, and tangled loyalties, Amandine is also a banquet of sumptuous imagery and delicious historical detail.' - Chandra Prasad, author of On Borrowed Wings '. balances heartbreak, loneliness, fear and hope with aplomb. ' Publishers WeeklyMarlena de Blasi brings her luminous prose to the world of fiction with this remarkable debut novel. Set against the backdrop of Europe as it moves inexorably toward World War II, Amandine follows a young orphan's journey in search of her heritage. The story opens in Krakow in 1931, as a baby girl is conceived out of wedlock. The child's grandmother, a countess, believes she is protecting her daughter when she claims that the baby didn't survive. In truth, however, she deposits the infant at a remote convent in the French countryside, leaving her in the care of a young governess named Solange.But even Solange's unconditional love cannot protect Amandine and eventually Solange is forced to choose between the cruel life of the convent and the terrors of war looming outside its doors. With a purseful of worthless francs, the two flee north toward Solange's childhood home. But what should have been a two-day journey by train becomes a perilous odyssey across Occupied France. Amandine's mother, meanwhile, still mourns and dreams of the child she thinks she lost forever. This epic novel winds its way toward a dramatic and compelling conclusion, as mother and daughter draw ever nearer. Amandine is a sumptuous tale of persistent hope and unexpected love.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Hardback First Edition Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Fine gold and cream paper-wrappered boards, spotless, slight compression to spine head and heel, else fine. Bright and clean jacket, spine heel and rear upper edge lightly wrinkled. Marlena de Blasi's debut novel is set against the backdrop of Europe as it moves toward World War II. "Amandine" follows a young orphan's journey in search of her heritage. Krakow, Poland, 1931--a baby is found born out of wedlcok by a young woman of the nobility who tell their daughter the baby died, and then place her in a convent in care of a governess, Solange. Evenually she is forced to choose between the terrors of the convent and the terror of global war outside the convent. They leave the convent and head toward Solange' s childhood home, expecting a 2 day railroad journey---And they head into an occupied France and a years long journey. This is their story. 318 pages, 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 2010, Ballantine Books, New York.
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