Seeing Colette

Fiction & Literature, Historical
Cover of the book Seeing Colette by Yon Walls, Yon Walls
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Yon Walls ISBN: 9780990309505
Publisher: Yon Walls Publication: April 16, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Yon Walls
ISBN: 9780990309505
Publisher: Yon Walls
Publication: April 16, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

After a fatal epidemic, a young Colette Stonethrower ­flees her village to a life as an orphanage guardian, until another tragedy changes everything. As she leaves again on faith, migrating far from the place of her birth, she meets a talented, idealistic stranger and makes a friend from a foreign land who becomes her trusted confidant.

While her new life reveals her purpose—fighting for the working poor and the destitute, exposing corruption and advocating for the arts—Colette encounters the merciless genesis of urban industrialization that marks the American era of mass consumption and machination. She also witnesses the beginnings of an artistic renaissance, forbidden love, the outbreak of World War I, and encounters the blossoming of a love like no other.

Yet, despite her struggles and some good fortune, Colette also inherits something that will endure the generations. Set at the beginning of the last century—written lyrically in prose, sometimes like a delicate poem or an impressionist narrative, with surprising characters that enter and exit as in a dream—Seeing Colette is a novella to sense and savor.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

After a fatal epidemic, a young Colette Stonethrower ­flees her village to a life as an orphanage guardian, until another tragedy changes everything. As she leaves again on faith, migrating far from the place of her birth, she meets a talented, idealistic stranger and makes a friend from a foreign land who becomes her trusted confidant.

While her new life reveals her purpose—fighting for the working poor and the destitute, exposing corruption and advocating for the arts—Colette encounters the merciless genesis of urban industrialization that marks the American era of mass consumption and machination. She also witnesses the beginnings of an artistic renaissance, forbidden love, the outbreak of World War I, and encounters the blossoming of a love like no other.

Yet, despite her struggles and some good fortune, Colette also inherits something that will endure the generations. Set at the beginning of the last century—written lyrically in prose, sometimes like a delicate poem or an impressionist narrative, with surprising characters that enter and exit as in a dream—Seeing Colette is a novella to sense and savor.

More books from Historical

Cover of the book 132. A Beauty Betrayed by Yon Walls
Cover of the book Sweet Home Highland Christmas by Yon Walls
Cover of the book Every Time with a Highlander by Yon Walls
Cover of the book Highlander's Faerie by Yon Walls
Cover of the book The Francis Bacon Mysteries Volume One by Yon Walls
Cover of the book Wait for Me by Yon Walls
Cover of the book The Playful Lady Penelope by Yon Walls
Cover of the book The Death of a Rose by Yon Walls
Cover of the book Treason, Treachery & Deceit by Yon Walls
Cover of the book Katharine of Aragon by Yon Walls
Cover of the book クリムト by Yon Walls
Cover of the book Grace in Thine Eyes by Yon Walls
Cover of the book The Temptation of St. Anthony by Yon Walls
Cover of the book The Black Cat by Yon Walls
Cover of the book Tempted by Your Touch by Yon Walls
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy