The Virgin Blue is the compelling story of two women, born four centuries apart, and the ancestral legacy that binds them. Ella Turner does her best to fit in to the small, close-knit community of Lisle-sur-Tarn. She even changes her name back to Tournier, and knocks the rust off her high school French. But it is all in vain. Isolated and lonely, she is drawn to investigate her Tournier ancestry, which leads to her encounter with the town's wolfish librarian. Isabelle du Moulin, known as Le Rousse due to her fiery red hair, is tormented and shunned in the village - suspected of witchcraft and reviled for her association with the Virgin Mary. Falling pregnant, she is forced to marry into the ruling family: the Tourniers. Tormentor becomes husband, and a shocking fate awaits her. Plagued by the colour blue, Ella is haunted by parallels with the past, and by her recurring dream. Then one morning she wakes up to discover that her hair is turning inexplicably red.
I've read two books by Tracy Chevalier so far, Remarkable Creatures and Falling Angels, and found them interesting, all in all good books. But The Virgin Blue was a disappointment. From the half way onward I just wanted it to end. The connection between the past and the present wasn't very credible and if the past story was bearable I can't say that for the story that happens in the present. Really, Ella's husband all of the sudden has a lot of flaws and the new man is just perfect for her. Blah.
The nail polish is also a small disappointment. Now it look like it is leaning towards violet, but it was blue originally. You see the difference between the cap of the nail polish and the nail polish? Nail polish should look like the colour of the cap, but it's not. The difference may be small, but I can see it. Other than that, nothing special. An ok application, two coats for decent coverage, a base and a top coat. Nail polish is from Essence, with the name Sure Azure. See, even the name suggest that it was blue, but now, I'm not so sure (o look, I made a pun :) )
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