Groff, Lauren
Summary: "Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GROGroff, Lauren
Summary: Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021
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Summary: A collection of short stories capturing the lives and interactions of a wide spectrum of characters across the landscape of Florida.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: A collection of stories spanning centuries of time in mercurial Florida examines the decisions and connections behind life-changing events in characters ranging from two abandoned sisters to a conflicted family woman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018
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Summary: "A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff’s new novel is at once a thrilling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2023