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Marlena de Blasi, the acclaimed author of such delectable memoirs as *A Thousand Days in Venice* and *That Summer in Sicily*, now brings her luminous prose to the world of fiction with this remarkable debut novel. Set against the backdrop of Europe as it moves inexorably toward World War II, *Amandine* follows a young orphan’s journey in search of her heritage.The story opens in Krakow in 1931, as a baby girl is conceived out of wedlock, the byproduct of a foolish heart and a tragic inheritance. The child’s grandmother, a countess, believes that she is protecting her daughter when she claims that the baby didn’t survive. In truth, however, she deposits the infant at a remote convent in the French countryside, leaving her with a great sum of money and in the care of a young governess named Solange.Solange takes it upon herself to give the child a distinctive name, Amandine, and the two form a special bond. But even Solange’s unconditional love cannot protect her charge. Mistrusted by both the abbess and the convent girls, the unusually astute and curious Amandine finds her childhood filled with challenges and questions: Who is she? Where does she come from?Eventually, Solange is for

Who reads Amandine?

Author

Blasi, Marlena de

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.09 / 5 (329 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14