A Gift from Brittany

A Gift from Brittany
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781101217047
ISBN-13 : 1101217049
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Book Synopsis A Gift from Brittany by : Marjorie Price

Download or read book A Gift from Brittany written by Marjorie Price and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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