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A Gift from Brittany |
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| Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 272 pages | ISBN 9781592404346 | 03 Mar 2009 | Gotham Trade Paperback | 18 - AND UP |
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The enchanting memoir of an artist’s liberating sojourn in France during the sixties—and the friendship that transformed her life
While in her late twenties, Marjorie Price leaves the comfort of her Chicago suburb to strike out on her own in Paris and hone her artistic talents. Dazzled by everything French, she falls in love with a volatile French painter and they purchase an old farmhouse in the Breton countryside. When Marjorie’s seemingly idyllic marriage begins to unravel, she forms a friendship with an elderly peasant woman, Jeanne, who is illiterate, has three cows to her name, and has never left the village. Their differences are staggering yet they forge a friendship that transforms one another’s life.
“This book is indeed a gift....A child, a house, a dog, a new country, another language, a snake, and a man: All tumble about in a glorious chaos in this soul-felt memoir so beautifully written. It’s lively and lovely and funny, too. You’ll want to travel with Marjorie Price to see the world as she views it.”
—Malachy McCourt, author of Malachy McCourt’s History of Ireland
“The story of a young artist from Chicago who leaves her American heritage and is transplanted to rural France, A Gift from Brittany paints a moving picture of Price’s struggle and survival. She retains her talent, as well as her dignity, and finds herself forever strengthened.”
—Joan Anderson, author of A Year by the Sea
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