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Holy Fools: A Novel

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Holy Fools: A Novel

Joanne Harris, bestselling author of Chocolat, presents her most accomplished novel yet -- an intoxicating concoction that blends theology and reason, deception and masquerade, with a dash of whimsical humor and a soupçon of sensuality.

Britanny, 1610. Juliette, a one-time actress and rope dancer, is forced to seek refuge among the sisters of the abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-mer. Reinventing herself as Soeur Auguste, Juliette makes a new life for herself and her young daughter, Fleur.

But when the kindly abbess dies, Juliette's comfortable existence begins to unravel. The abbey's new leader is the daughter of a corrupt noble family, and she arrives with a ghost from Juliette's past -- Guy LeMerle, a man she has every reason to fear and hate.
 

Holy Fools: A Novel
by Joanne Harris

  • Publication Date: April 26, 2005
  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
  • ISBN-10: 0060559136
  • ISBN-13: 9780060559137