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    The Tapestry of Love (Paperback) By (author) Rosy Thornton

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    Short Description for The Tapestry of LoveA warm and uplifting story of how a woman falls in love with a place and its people: a landscape, a community and a fragile way of life. A rural idyll: that's what Catherine is seeking when she sells her house in England and moves to a tiny hamlet in the Cevennes mountains. With her divorce in the past and her children grown, she is free to make a new start, and her dream is to set up in business ...
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  • Graceful and subtle novel3

    Shelley Cusbert The Tapestry of Love is a quiet novel of lyrical prose and vivid imagery. Catherine has chosen to follow her dream of life in a rural idyll in the Cévennes mountains of France. It's an adjustment for the 48 year old woman who has left behind family and friends for an isolated cottage in a tiny hamlet. Slowly Catherine makes a place for herself in the community, forming tentative friendships with her neighbors, including the enigmatic Patrick Castagnol.
    Catherine can be admired for her decision to begin a new life, as well as her determination to make it work. She doesn't intrude on the local community, instead making the effort to become part of it which speaks to her character. She accepts and overcomes the minor inconveniences she encounters, adjusting her lifestyle to suit the environs.
    There is romance for Catherine, not one I fully endorse to be honest as I didn't think much of Patrick's behaviour. However the affair is only a small part of Catherine's 'tapestry of love' and I believe that Thornton's title refers to the relationships, past, present and future, that make us who we are, and sustain us even in their physical absence.
    The book wends it's way at a leisurely pace through the challenges Catherine faces establishing herself, and the life and characters in the rustic farming community. The book requires you to surrender to the measured contentment of the landscape, rather than concern for where the story may be going. Thornton's descriptions of Catherine's environment are stunningly eloquent extolling it's charm and beauty. It is easy to imagine the picturesque views, the family of boar cavorting in the woods and the comforting curl of smoke from the chimney, all of which are sure to evoke daydreams of escape to such serenity. While I took great pleasure in Thornton's spectacularly expressive writing, I'm not sure it compensated entirely for the lack of drama. The momentum of the story is very subtle, until twin tragedies in the last quarter or so of the novel force decisive action from Catherine.
    The Tapestry of Love is a graceful and warm novel of subtle emotion and gorgeous landscape. What may well be an oasis in the frantic pace of everyday life, the books vibrant prose will capture your imagination, The Tapestry of Love is an engaging read. by Shelley Cusbert

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