A rural idyll: that's what Catherin is seeking when she sells her house in England and moves to a tiny hamlet in the Cévennes mountains. With her divorce in the past and her children grown, she is free to make a new start, and to set up in business as a seamstress. But this is a harsh and lonely place when you're no longer here on holiday. There is French bureaucracy to contend with, not to mention the mountain weather, and the reserve of her neighbors, including the intriguing Patrick Castagnol.
The Tapestry of Love is the story of how a woman falls in love with a place and it's people: a portrait of landscape, a community and a fragile way of life. -- from Rosy Thornton's website.
If I could sum this book up in one word, that word would be cozy. This quaint book made me feel at home in Catherine's life, and I began to envy her life! As Phil Dunphy would say, this book is super-delightful.
Catherine left her life behind in England and went to the beautiful French mountains and Thornton did a good job of not making this a typical story. It very easily could have been about a spoiled rich girl being stuck in the country, but instead we had Catherine. Catherine was a great character, she was sympathetic and I really understood her. She carried herself with such grace, though I have to say that I was not too invested in the love story of this book but it didn't stop me from enjoying the rest of it!
Another thing I enjoyed about this book was the scenery. Ms. Thornton wrote such vivid images that I would pretend I was there with Catherine living this beautiful, charming, cozy life. From page one we were given the treat of beautiful imagery and I loved that about this book.
Overall this was a charming book from Rosy Thornton
*This book was provided by the author, Rosy Thornton, for review on Confessions of a Bookaholic...
3 comments:
Cozy is a very good way of describing this book, I found it such a relaxing read! All the talk of food in it made me hungry though!
Cozy is one way of describing it - I'd say it's unputadownable (but that's probably not spelt right). It's a great read.
This book is still on order here for my local library in melbourne. Wonder how long that takes!
Would love to read this now.
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