{"product_id":"the-cleaner-of-chartres-9780142180976","title":"The Cleaner of Chartres","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"If you enjoy the work of Marilynne Robinson, Penelope Fitzgerald, James Salter...you should be reading Vickers.\" --Michael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There is something very special about Agn s Morel. A quiet presence in the small French town of Chartres, she can usually be found cleaning the famed medieval cathedral or doing odd jobs for the townspeople. No one knows where she came from or why. Not diffident Abb  Paul, nor lonely Professor Jones, nor even Alain Fleury, whose attention she catches with her tawny eyes. She has transformed all their lives in her own subtle way, yet no one suspects the dark secret Agn s is hiding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then an accidental encounter dredges up the specter of her past, and the nasty meddling of town gossips forces Agn s to confront her tragic history and the violent act that haunts it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalley Vickers\u003c\/b\u003e is a former university professor of literature and Jungian psychotherapist. Vickers's first novel, \u003ci\u003eMiss Garnet's Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, was a book club favorite and an international bestseller. She lives in London and is currently Royal Literary Fund fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, UK.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459943993618,"sku":"9780142180976","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cbe0b9c2-74de-4509-8353-86cf9a475de8.jpg?v=1730016883","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cleaner-of-chartres-9780142180976","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}