Cleaner of Chartres
New York, 2012; hardback, cm 14x22.
ISBN: 0-670-92212-9
- EAN13: 9780670922123
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Weight: 0.44 kg
A captivating new novel from the author of }Miss Garnet's Angel{, and many others. It centres around an enigmatic character, Agnes Morel, who is to be found cleaning the ancient cathedral of Chartres each morning. No one quite knows where she came from, but she touches a number of lives in subtly transformative ways. A chance meeting provokes the spectre of her past to come to the fore, and the mystery of her origins finally unfolds. It is a compelling story of traumatic loss and second chances, and of the power of love and mercy to transform the tragedies of the past.