A Slender Tether - Wells, Jess
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Amidst the turbulent weather of Europe's Little Ice Age, A Slender Tether offers three compelling tales of self-discovery, woven into a rich tapestry of 14th century France. Christine de Pizan, daughter of a disgraced court physician and astrologer, grapples with her ambition to be the first woman writer of France. A doctor finds an unusual way to cope with the death of his wife. And opportunity alternates with disasters in the lives of four commoners, yoked by necessity: a paper-maker struggling to keep his business, a falconer with a mysterious past, a merchant's daughter frantic to avoid an…mehr

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Amidst the turbulent weather of Europe's Little Ice Age, A Slender Tether offers three compelling tales of self-discovery, woven into a rich tapestry of 14th century France. Christine de Pizan, daughter of a disgraced court physician and astrologer, grapples with her ambition to be the first woman writer of France. A doctor finds an unusual way to cope with the death of his wife. And opportunity alternates with disasters in the lives of four commoners, yoked by necessity: a paper-maker struggling to keep his business, a falconer with a mysterious past, a merchant's daughter frantic to avoid an arranged marriage, and a down-on-his-luck musician with a broken guitar and the voice of an angel.
Autorenporträt
JESS WELLS LOVES MAGICAL REALISM because it "celebrates the delightful oddities of life." The author of six novels and five books of short stories, Wells is a winner of a Foreword Indies Book Award, a four-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, a recipient of a San Francisco Arts Commission Grant for Literature, and a member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival Hall of Fame. Her work has been republished in Britain and translated into Dutch and Italian. Follow her on social media and at www.jesswells.com where she blogs regularly on un-sung women and the writing life.Please follow her on:FacebookInstagramGoodreadsBookBub