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Celestine: The House on rue du Maine
by
F.J. Wilson
In 1795 New Orleans, the Spanish controlled city struggles to rebuild after two devastating fires, and a young teenage girl is just as determined to leave her past behind and start anew. Celestine, the daughter of a Mississippi River prostitute spends most of her time hating herself, her life and the dirty men who rut with her mama. When she turns thirteen and her mama inf...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
August 31st 2012
by Chances Press, LLC
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Celestine is a rather unusual book. I had a sort of love/hate thing going on with it. I liked the men in her life, after she left her mother. Her husband Maurice was the kind of wounded hero you can't help but love. If you think that having a mother that is a prostitute is bad, his story is worse. At lease 'Tine wasn't violated by one of her mother's Johns.
'Tine is another matter. She's head strong and does a lot of acting without thinking and then reacting in anger. She's a hard heroine to rela...more
'Tine is another matter. She's head strong and does a lot of acting without thinking and then reacting in anger. She's a hard heroine to rela...more
I received a complimentary copy of this book as a part of a blog tour - you can read the entire post at http://queenofthenightreviews.blogspo...
Celestine: The House on Rue du Maine is an interesting historical romance set in New Orleans between the years 1795 to 1858. At the beginning of the story, New Orleans is still part of the French territories in the West and under provincial control, as the story progresses we see New Orleans pass into the hands of the American government while retaining...more
Celestine: The House on Rue du Maine is an interesting historical romance set in New Orleans between the years 1795 to 1858. At the beginning of the story, New Orleans is still part of the French territories in the West and under provincial control, as the story progresses we see New Orleans pass into the hands of the American government while retaining...more
The story starts out with Celestine as a young girl who seeks refuge in the orphanage to avoid becoming a prostitute like her mother. She wants nothing to do with men and is disgusted with the thought of sex. This book was described to me as a romance novel, but I didn't find it romantic. In my opinion, I want to read a hypnotizing love story, the characters find eachother, feel great passion for one another, overcome obstacles to be together, and are commited to one another. Sex is a great addi...more
1.5 stars
This is unlike any book I have read till now and I’m distraught to say in which sense I feel so. It did start off as a historical fiction but after that I think it took a completely different turn. And I would say it was for the worse.
I’m all praise for how strong Celestine’s character is made to be even though I may not approve of her choices later in the story. Although I can imagine her as being a not-so-ordinary woman of her time. She was interesting, I will give her that but for so...more
This is unlike any book I have read till now and I’m distraught to say in which sense I feel so. It did start off as a historical fiction but after that I think it took a completely different turn. And I would say it was for the worse.
I’m all praise for how strong Celestine’s character is made to be even though I may not approve of her choices later in the story. Although I can imagine her as being a not-so-ordinary woman of her time. She was interesting, I will give her that but for so...more
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