Holy Fools : A Novel

Holy Fools
Author(s): Joanne Harris

Joanne Harris, bestselling author of Chocolat, presents her most accomplished novel yet -- an intoxicating concoction that blends theology and reason, deception and masquerade, with a dash of whimsical humor and a soupçon of sensuality.

Britanny, 1610. Juliette, a one-time actress and rope dancer, is forced to seek refuge among the sisters of the abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-mer. Reinventing herself as Soeur Auguste, Juliette makes a new life for herself and her young daughter, Fleur.

But when the kindly abbess dies, Juliette's comfortable existence begins to unravel. The abbey's new leader is the daughter of a corrupt noble family, and she arrives with a ghost from Juliette's past -- Guy LeMerle, a man she has every reason to fear and hate.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Review(s):
“Holy Fools is rich in style and nuance . . . an engaging, compelling read.”
“HOLY FOOLS is exciting and dramatic and romantic.”
“An inventive meditation on morality and passion that surprises with a wholly uncompromising ending.”
“A uniquely vivid, emotionally ripe, verbal feast for the imagination.”
“Compelling . . . a layered, mesmerizing gothic thriller.”
“[A] fanciful soufflé of sex and intrigue in seventeenth-century France.”
“Harris’s robust humor and whimsical fantasy suits this take of seventeenth-century France.”
“Rapturous ...A dark, seductive exploration of passion and repression that plumbs the depths of the human psyche.”
“Harris is at her best in re-creating a real sense of France.”
“A page-turner with an irresistible plot, unforgettable characters and believable settings.”



ISBN:  9780060559137