Marguerite
(Large Print)
Uniform Title
Author
Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
ISBN
9781432879693, 1432879693
Physical Desc
pages (large print) cm.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Belmont Beech St. - Large Print | LARGE PRINT FIC KEM | Storage |
Newton - Large Print | LARGE PRINT KEMP, M | Withdrawn |
Norwood - Large Print | LARGE TYPE FICTION Kemp | On Shelf |
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
Format
Large Print
Street Date
2006
Language
English
ISBN
9781432879693, 1432879693
Notes
General Note
"First published in Great Britain as Nightingale by 4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso.
Description
"Marguerite Demers is twenty-five when she leaves Paris for the sleepy southern village of Saint Sulpice to take up a job as a live-in nurse. Her charge is Jerome Lanvier--once one of the most powerful men in the village, now dying alone in his large and secluded house surrounded by rambling neglected gardens. Manipulative and tyrannical, Jerome has scared away all of his previous caretakers. It's not long before the villagers have formed opinions of Marguerite. Brigitte Brochon, pillar of the community and local busybody, finds her arrogant and mysterious and is desperate to find a reason to have her fired. Glamorous outsider Suki Lacourse sees Marguerite as an ally in a sea of small-minded provincialism. Local farmer Henri Brochon, husband of Brigitte, feels sorry for her and wants to protect her from the villagers' intrusive gossip and speculation (but Henri has a secret of his own that would scandalize his neighbors, if only they knew). The sudden arrival of Jerome's three sons will upend the rhythm of their days, changing their lives forever. Set among the lush fields and olive groves of southern France, and written in clear prose of luminous beauty, Marguerite is an unforgettable novel that traces the ways in which guilt ca"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kemp, M. (2020). Marguerite . Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kemp, Marina. 2020. Marguerite. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kemp, Marina. Marguerite Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kemp, Marina. Marguerite Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
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