The Virgin Blue by Chevalier, Tracy - 1997-01-01

Paperback. Very Good.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Penguin Books. Very Good-. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Light reading creases, some shelf and edge wear with tiny split to base of spine and a few cover scratches, paper lightly edge toned with slight foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Fitrst printing of Penguin paperback original edition with full number line, 1997. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design unceredited and photos courtesy of Tim Davis / Tony Stone and Images Colour Library. ; 272 pages; The compelling story of two women born four centuries apart, and the ancestral legacy that binds them. When Ella Turner moves to southwestern France with her husband, her life is disrupted by strange dreams involving the colour blue. When her hair then inexplicably turns red, Ella begins a journey which will not only reveal a long-hidden tragedy, but also impel her to confront her feelings about her own life and the two men closest to her... .

Penguin Books Ltd 1997 Paperback. Fair.

London: Penguin Books, 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x7. Signed by author. First edition - a paperback original. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 1997 Trade Paperback. 255, [7] pp. Author's first novel. "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… Read More