Le Coeur des fileuses | Aurélie Haderlé

EAN : 9782258192980

Shaping : BROCHE

Pages : 448

Size : 140 x 225 mm

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The Spinners' Heart

Aurélie Haderlé

Collection : Terres de France

Release date : 14/10/2021

Sole heiress of her father's spinning mill, the most prosperous industry in the Cévennes region, Eulalie is clueless about silkworms and silkworm farms... And she has no idea why her sister Linon has been barred from this heritage. As time goes by, Eulalie finds out about her employees’ terrible working... Sole heiress of her father's spinning mill, the most prosperous industry in the Cévennes region, Eulalie is clueless about silkworms and silkworm farms... And she has no idea why her sister Linon has been barred from this heritage. As time goes by, Eulalie finds out about her employees’ terrible working conditions and she has the strong desire to improve these, although disrupting the existing social order is no easy task, especially when you are a woman. Despite the warnings of the spinners, Eulalie soon marries the mysterious Ectòr, before realizing too late that the latter was commissioned by the pastor to seduce her and take over the factory’s management. Eulalie becomes the hostage of an unhappy marriage. In 1914, Ectòr is sent to the battlefront. Eulalie, taking over the reins of the spinning mill, turns it into a collectivist enterprise. She and her companions host Arcadie and Zacharie, refugees from Roubaix, textile workers who share their social and political convictions. Against all odds, Eulalie, wounded by the failure of her marriage, is moved by Zacharie, who also bears both physical and psychological scars. But their love is doomed by her sister Linon’s jealousy and the numerous family secrets. Until the unexpected return of Ectòr...

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EAN : 9782258192980

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Pages : 448

Size : 140 x 225 mm

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