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Binding: Paperback
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Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: May 01, 2005
Sales Rank: 1017949
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With her internationally bestselling novels Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, and Coastliners, Joanne Harris has woven intoxicating spells that celebrate the sensuous while exposing the passion, secrets, and folly beneath the surface of rustic village life. In Holy Fools, her most ambitious and accomplished novel to date, she transports us back to a time of intrigue and turmoil, of deception and masquerade.
In the year 1605, a young widow, pregnant and alone, seeks sanctuary at the small Abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-mer on the island of Noirs Moustiers off the Brittany coast. After the birth of her daughter, she takes up the veil, and a new name, Soeur Auguste. But the peace she has found in re-mote isolation is shattered five years later by the events that follow the death of her kind benefactress, the Reverend Mother.
When a new abbess -- the daughter of a corrupt noble family elevated by the murder of King Henri IV -- arrives at Sainte Marie-de-la-mer, she does not arrive alone. With her is her personal confessor and spiritual guide, Père Colombin, a man Soeur Auguste knows all too well. For the newcomer is Guy LeMerle, a charlatan and seducer now masquerading as a priest, and the one man she fears more than any other.
Soeur Auguste has a secret. Once she was l'Ailée, "The Winged One," star performer of a troupe led by LeMerle, before betrayal forced her to change her identity. But now the past has found her. Before long, thanks to LeMerle, suspicion and debauchery are breeding like a plague within the convent's walls -- fueled by dark rumors of witchcraft, part of the false priest's brilliantly orchestrated scheme of revenge. To protect herself and her beloved child, l'Ailée will have to perform one last act of dazzling daring more audacious than any she has previously attempted.
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Holy Fools / 0-552-77001-9
What happened here? I loved Chocolat, and I adored Five Quarters of the Orange. Holy Fools, however, seems like it came from a completely different author. The book is acceptable, but not up to Harris' standards.
To start, the standard Mother-Daughter theme that Harris employs so well is deeply underdeveloped here as more of a plot device than anything else. There was a lot of potential here - a nun with a beloved daughter, raising her in the ... Read More
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There is no doubt Joanne Harris a genius and a great writer and the reason I typically enjoy her books is because the main character is usually a strong and passionate woman. I felt this story's main character is so oppressed and manipulated that I couldn't finish the book - it was tiring and not hopeful in any way. Most of Ms. Harris' books inspire me to live life more passionately, cook, garden, smell life and live it fully - this one was just depressing.
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When a book refuses to be put down, I know that reading it is time well spent. The story did not lag at any point and every thing made sense in the end. It's a story of love, betrayal, and reconciliation. After devilish LeMerle betrays the fiery Juliette, she was sure that she never wanted to see him again. Pregnant and alone, she joins a convent and for 5 years lived in peace until LeMerle shows up, posing a priest and confessor to the abbey's new abbess. I love the way Ms. Harris can keep me ... Read More
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My biggest issue with this book is the fact that the main character seems so thoroughly one-dimensional. Her daughter, rather than being her driving reason for being (compare to the firece motherhood themes in Chocolat) serves only as a plot device - the main character is forced to remain witness to terrible events because her daughter is held captive. But this captivity is false and unreasonable. The villain holding the girl from her mother is seduced by the mother, not - as you might imagine - to ... Read More
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The plot of this novel is fairly original, and the beginning seemed really promising. Where it failed, was on the actual execution of the plot, and motivation of characters. The Blackbird is supposed to be this genius of evil, and sometimes he just comes through as a low-grade hoodlum. To me this is the problem with authors skills. The whole plot just seems unlikely. Things happen without explanation, and it is hard to believe how these people got from what they used to be to what they are. I'm being ... Read More
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