This is your chance to win a copy of the debut novel from bestselling cookbook author, chef and restaurant critic, Marlena de Blasi, Amandine.
Betrayal and a double suicide are among the legacies bequeathed by an aristocratic Polish family to a frail baby girl, illegitimately born in 1931. Ostensibly to protect her young daughter from shame, but at least as much to vindicate her own unhealed anguish, the child's grandmother, the countess Valeska, abandons the infant in a convent in the south of France, convincing her daughter of her baby's death.
Bright, curious, fearless, the child Amandine wants to know who she is, who is her mother, and where she comes from. Championed by Solange her young French governess and
tormented by the aging Abbess and the convents flock of spoiled upper-class students, Amandine confronts the tragic events of her childhood with unusual courage and grace.
A classic, expertly wrought novel of love, loss, and tangled loyalties Amandine is a sumptuously told tale of treachery and unexpected love.
To win this novel, email your name and postal address to
prizes@bestvenues.com.au with “Amandine” in the subject line and tell us of an event you are planning in 2011, where and why.
*Competition closes 2pm Thursday, 23rd of December 2010. Terms and Conditions Apply.
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