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Publisher:
William Morrow / HarperCollins |
Release
Date: 2004 |
ISBN:
0060559128 |
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Format
Reviewed: Hardcover |
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Genre:
Fiction-Historical Literature |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Jen Oliver |
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Holy Fools
By Joanne Harris
Go
back in time to the early 1600's and be a woman who has recently
lost her husband and forced to carry secrets and a hidden identity.
This is what happens to Soeur Auguste. Soeur is forced to become
a nun after giving birth and while there, she learns to appreciate
love and compassion. Soon it is ripped from her and then Soeur is
forced to meet with someone from her past when a spiritual guide
comes to take over the nunnery. Will Soeur have to face her past
or can she keep her questionable history to herself with the arrival
of this spiritual guide, Pere Colombin?
Ms.
Harris shows a depth to her characters that not many authors can
do. The setting of the 1600's and the island off the Brittany coast
adds to the isolation factors that Soeur searches for and finds.
The ideas of witchcraft and small theater groups in Soeur's past
adds to the mysteriousness of Soeur and Pere. The mysteriousness
of Soeur shows how much one woman can face and still overcome obstacles.
For
fans of Joanne Harris, Holy Fools, will continue to delight
their minds with the historical nature of Ms. Harris's writings.
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