The Fortress: A Love Story
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (801 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062459015 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Fortress is Peter Mayle meets Eat, Pray, Love, a gorgeously written account of one woman’s journey to the other side of the romantic fairytale."If I had been another woman, I might have been skeptical. Eight years later, hopeful to renew their marriage, Danielle and her husband move to the south of France, to a picturesque medieval village in the Languedoc. While Danielle and her husband eventually part, Danielle's time in the fortress brings precious wisdom about life and love that she could not have learned otherwise. As a writer, story was all that mattered. I believed I was the author of my life, that I controlle
A painfully beautiful tale of fascination and betrayal I was originally drawn into Trussoni's misshapen love story when she published a series of stories as a "True Love" column on The Rumpus. She indicated that she was in the process of crafting a memoir. As I eagerly awaited each new installment of the story of her and The Magician, I knew that t. "Consumed it in a day and wanted more!" according to Amazon Customer. Loved this book even though it was painful to read at times. It's a story of a spectacularly failed marriage that is personal, riveting and impossible to put down. I consumed in a day and wanted more. What a fascinating writer. Can't wait to read more of her work.. Linda Bass said Love in France. This a wonderful, if somewhat painful book. It's so well-written, it reads like a novel. I read it till I was too tired to read anymore. I highly recommend it.
She is also the author of the internationally bestselling novels Angelology and Angelopolis, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. Danielle Trussoni is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Falling Through the Earth, selected as one of the Ten Best Books of the year by the New York Times Book Review. She
“A brave and wrenching memoir, Danielle Trussoni’s The Fortress will captivate the many readers who are already in love with her magical novels I dare you to put this book down once you read the opening page. Make that a double dare.” (Julie Metz, author of Perfection)“The Fortress is a bold book about the most intimate things. (Lev Grossman, bestselling author of The Magicians) . Danielle Trussoni’s clear-eyed examination of how she loved and lost her husband is both a page-turner and a profound meditation on the nature of desire and freedom in the modern age.” (Cheryl