pickI‘ve read quite a few books recently that shouldn‘t work for me, but I end up loving them, and this is another one.
Narrated by the ghost of a young girl (which is why I shouldn‘t like it!), this novel imagines what happens when Chopin and George Sand arrive to holiday at a remote monastery in Valdemossa, Mallorca.
I actually have, on my TBR shelf, the book written by Sand during their stay so need to get to that soon. (A Winter in Majorca)
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JillR I‘ve seen some good reviews for this one and it‘s on my list, even though like you say the blurb alone might not have appealed to me 1y
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Cathythoughts Sounds good. Love the cover. Stacked. 1y
squirrelbrain It was on a Women‘s Prize ‘possibles‘ list, which is why I thought I‘d try it. @JillR @Cathythoughts We‘ll find out if it made it tomorrow! 😁 1y
JamieArc Hmm. The ghost thing would usually have me passing as well, but perhaps because I‘m craving vacation on an island so badly, I‘m really intrigued by the sound of this. Stacked 😊 1y
Hooked_on_books I love it when that happens! Especially repeatedly. 1y
vivastory I was unaware of this one but I have always been very interested in Chopin & George Sand as creative individuals & their relationship itself. On a side note, I think I detect a new trend in cover design: a cropped portrait of a woman with fruit. This cover made me immediately think of the following recent release![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Woman, Eating 1y
Woman, EatingKarenUK Stacking this immediately! This sounds just my cuppa tea…. 1y
KarenUK This is when you know you have ‘a problem‘. Just went to add to my Goodreads, and see I own this book, unread on my shelf obviously! 😂 1y
Cortg I added this to my TBR list recently. I think it sounds great! 1y
squirrelbrain That‘s hilarious! @KarenUK 🤣 1y
squirrelbrain @jamiearc it‘s in the mountains in winter so not that holiday-ish but I still think you‘d like it! 1y
squirrelbrain @vivastory - I agree, and Woman, Eating is also rumoured for the Women‘s Prize. 🤔 1y
batsy What @vivastory said! Looking forward to the Prize longlist. 1y
Cinfhen Cover is very intriguing 1y
JillR @squirrelbrain just having a look through the longlist now - have been quite excited all day 😆 1y
kspenmoll Thanks for this review! 14mo