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The Virgin Blue

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The Virgin Blue

By: Tracy Chevalier
Narrated by: Janine Carter, Gigi Marceau Clarke
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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 end.©2002 Tracy Chevalier (P)2003 HighBridge Company Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary

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"...a triumph. Excellent." (Time Out)
"...it deserves an award." (The Independent)
"...beautifully crafted...shot with vivid colors." (The Times)

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The setting is France, and the listening was greatly enhanced by the beautiful French accents of the readers of this novel. However, this is a slow-moving story. I love historical fiction, and the older story was much more interesting than the contemporary one. I found myself slogging through those sections and not liking the character nor the reader's petulant-sounding voice. I was impatient for the end, despite interesting plot twists along the way. Chevalier's other novels are far better than this one.

excellent listening, mediocre story

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This is not a bad book, but it is not a great choice either. The Girl with a Pearl Earing is a much better read.

Not Great But OK

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I enjoyed the book all the way up to the. Yep. That was what it was like

Good r read bad ending

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Overall, the performance was great, and the story was interesting. The ending was a little predictable

little predictable

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I like all of Chevalier's novels, and this one was no exception. Her style of telling the story from different points of view keeps things moving without being too confusing.

Time-spanning mystery

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