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Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD (Unabridged)
Book Description:
Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin - two women born centuries apart, yet bound by a fateful family legacy. When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her French, qualify to practice as a midwife, and start a family of her own. Village life turns out to be less idyllic than she expected, however, and a peculiar dream of the color blue propels her on a quest to uncover her family's French ancestry. As the novel unfolds - alternating between Ella's story and that of Isabelle du Moulin four hundred years earlier - a common thread emerges that unexpectedly links the two women. Part detective story, part historical fiction, The Virgin Blue is a novel of passion and intrigue that compels readers to the very last page.
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Jeannine W. (
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book is so very similar to the Labrynth that I read just a bit ago. I swear they were even in the same towns just 500 yrs apart! It makes me wonder if the other author read this book! I was so engrosed in this book I couldnt put it down, but the ending was crappy! I would have liked more closure. warning of domestic violence
Rebecca H. (
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
Isabella's story was more interesting than Ella's. It seemed the book was unfinished, and there was no real growth or resolution at the end. Horrible things happened, but how did the women really change?
Kate L. (
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
I liked it better than Girl with a Pearl Earring. It stradles modern time and the late 1500's in France. It wasn't too heavy on history, but enough to educate you. A quick read.
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love the author normally, but this storyline was so bleak that I had trouble wanting to pick it up again after I set it down.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I liked Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Lady and the Unicorn, but not the Virgin Blue. The main character is selfish and juvenile, and I could not sympathize with her at all.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
This a mystery/ historical fiction. It is about a woman, Ella, who moves to France near where her family lived four hundred years earlier. Ella, starts to have werid dreams and the only way end these dreams is for her to research into her family history. The story is told from both Ella and her 14th century ancestor, Isabelle's point of view.
ANNA S. (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
A story of Ella, a lonely American woman in southwestern France, who connects through her dreams with a distant ancestor, Isabelle. Reading this novel is like being on a "scavenger hunt," as you "hunt" for the common thread that joins these women together in a most mysterious way!
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Interesting double story that paces chapter by chapter and takes you through France and Switzerland on a quest.
Maggie C. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I actually liked this one better than Girl with a Pearl Earring. This book splits up two different stories in two different times, with two women struggling.
Jessica W. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great historical novel--Chevalier is mystical and wonderful.
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Melissa M. (Fabulous book. Tracy Chevalier always delivers a great story.
I loved this book. Tracy Chevalier has become one of my favorite writers.
Fascinating and haunting story! Our book club loved it!
Lindy
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