Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Johnson, Jane |
| Publisher: | Crown |
| Date: | 5/26/2009 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
An enthralling story of secrets and discovering love where you least expect it, in The Tenth Gift the art of embroidery uncannily links two fascinating women of different eras andtheir equally passionate love stories
In an expensive London restaurant, JuliaLovat receives a gift that changes her life. At first glance it is a book ofexquisite seventeenth-century embroidery patterns belonging to a woman named CatherineAnn Tregenna. Yet in its margins are the faintest diary entries; they reveal that“Cat” and others were stolen from their Cornish church in 1625 by Muslim piratesand taken on a brutal voyage to Morocco to be auctioned off as slaves. Captivatedby this dramatic discovery, Julia sets off to North Africa to determine the authenticityof the book and to uncover more of Cat’s mesmerizing story. There, in the companyof a charismatic Moroccan guide, amid the sultry heat, the spice markets, and exoticruins, Julia will discover secrets long buried. And in Morocco—just as Cat did beforeher—she will lose her heart.
Though they live almost 400 years apart, the stories of these two women converge in an extraordinary and haunting manner that begs the question, ishistory fated to repeat itself?
“The Tenth Gift is wildly yet convincingly romantic—a rare combo . . . both a sensitiveportrayal of Muslim culture and a delectable adventure of the heart.”—USA Today
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