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The Rose Grower

The Rose Grower

by Michelle De Kretser (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $4.39
Synopsis

Set at the start of the French Revolution, a woman's private passion is her search to create a repeat-flowering crimson rose. An American falls in love with her sister and she is torn between ethics, reason, revolutionary zeal and unrequited love.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 303
 Edition: First Edition, First Impression
 Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 04 Nov 1999
ISBN 10: 0701169176
ISBN 13: 9780701169176

Media Reviews
If Jane Austen had been French, she might well have invented the family Saint-Pierre.... Stylish and uniquely crafted. -- The Orlando Sentinel Powerful ... lovely, meticulously researched ... evokes the beginnings of the Terror in crisp, elegant, compassionate prose. -- The New York Times Book Review Fascinating ... Sophie's calmness and kindness, her passion for roses, her botanical studies and attempts to create a crimson flower ... are the soul and spine of the book.... De Kretser has exhaustively researched the life of the period, but she wears her knowledge lightly. -- The Washington Post Book World