RaveAddison County Independent... a feat of storytelling by a master of fiction. It’s a spiritual and emotional fictionalized biography of Marie de France, an outcast offspring from the royal court of Eleanor of Aquitaine ... On the surface, it may sound almost droll, but this novel is anything but — it’s wicked and fun, it’s literary and adventurous, it’s heartbreaking and romantic and filled with love of almost every kind. There’s love for the abbey, the sisters, the earth and all that it provides. There’s love for all the women, and there is a veritable feast of women in every shape and age and temperament. It was moving and humorous, and gives the reader a fascinating glimpse into a life imagined and a life lived to its fullest in the darkest recesses of medieval Europe.
