Raised alongside her sickly cousin, Therese lives the quietest of lives. Yet something impetuous and wild stirs within her -- as she learns of herself during moments of escape into the countryside.

But now the family is in Paris, taking over a mercer's shop in the dingy Arcade of the Pont Neuf. To appease the aunt who has cared for her, she marries her pale, nerve-wracked cousin. Then a schoolmate of her husband's appears -- almost his complete opposite, with full voice, jovial laughter -- and a strapping build that givers her nervous pangs to contemplate . . .

And a new Therese, one her aunt or husband has never known, threatens to break free of the restraints that have bound her, all these years!

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	2008
ISBN13	9781603124515
Publishers	Aegypan
Pages	172
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 10 mm · 258 g
Language	English
Contributor	Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

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