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5.0 out of 5 stars
A must buy, August 5, 2008
This review is from: The Girl from the Chartreuse (Paperback)
"A Girl from the Chartreuse" is a piece of poetic art. It will make you laugh, cry and scream, holding you engaged for chapters upon chapters.
A story of a child (Eva) longing for her mother ultimately finds the parent she needed all along, in the one person fate had almost destined to be alone...for life, and who almost took her own. Vollard is a compelling character of mystery, genius, and love whose heart is filled by the unmet needs of a little girl who reminds Vollard of himself. Eva represents the purity of that child in all of us who loves, desires and needs the bond of their mother. The stuggle for intimacy and guidance that tugs on the reader's heart strings, as Therese (Eva's mother) tries to understand how to love her child.
This book shows how the love of words can translate into the love of child; how words can only describe what the heart needs, but only a child can fulfill.
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