Marguerite
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 565 pages ; 22 cm.
"Marguerite Demers is twenty-five when she leaves Paris for the sleepy southern village of Saint Sulpice to take up a job as a live-in nurse. Her charge is Jérôme Lanvier--once one of the most powerful men in the village, now dying alone in his large and secluded house surrounded by rambling neglected gardens. Manipulative and tyrannical, Jérôme has scared away all of his previous caretakers. It's not long before the villagers have formed opinions of Marguerite. Brigitte Brochon, pillar of the community and local busybody, finds her arrogant and mysterious and is desperate to find a reason to have her fired. Glamorous outsider Suki Lacourse sees Marguerite as an ally in a sea of small-minded provincialism. Local farmer Henri Brochon, husband of Brigitte, feels sorry for her and wants to protect her from the villagers' intrusive gossip and speculation (but Henri has a secret of his own that would scandalize his neighbors, if only they knew). The sudden arrival of Jérôme's three sons will upend the rhythm of their days, changing their lives forever."-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Thorndike Press large print core series.
Subjects:
Nurses -- France -- Fiction.
Small cities -- France -- Social life and customs.
Large type books.
France -- Fiction.
Nurses -- France -- Fiction.
Small cities -- France -- Social life and customs.
Large type books.
France -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781432879693
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LPF Kemp | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Fiction | In |
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"First published in Great Britain as Nightingale by 4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso.