The Virgin Blue

by Tracy Chevalier | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0452284449 Global Overview for this book
Registered by danadiary of Roswell, Georgia USA on 6/6/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by danadiary from Roswell, Georgia USA on Sunday, June 6, 2004
The characters in this movie were well-drawn. I liked them all, except for the ones Chevalier didn't mean for us to like (Etienne Tournier, the awful husband of Isabelle du Moulin). I really liked the storyline, too. Despite shifting between time periods, it was never hard to follow or jerky, and there were often parallels in the two stories. Some people who reviewed Chevalier's books don't like the coincidences. I do. I think it speaks to the serendipity of our lives. The twists and turns that take us in unexpected directions. You can play this what-if game. Each person we meet and place we go is like a tapestry we weave into our lives. Pull out a thread and it falls apart. If the color was different, our lives would look totally different. That, to me, is what this book is about. The way we construct ourselves, built on the foundation of our family history. As Faulkner so astutely noted, "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past."

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