![]() The article said that a human heart, very small and very old, that had been in a glass urn in the Basilica of St. I was reading the New York Times and saw an article – “Geneticists’ Latest Probe: The Heart of the Dauphin.” It showed a picture. Revolution got started ten years before I published the book. Andi, the Brooklyn girl, travels to Paris, becomes obsessed with a diary that belongs to Alex, the French girl, and their stories converge. And one who lived in 18th Century Paris and witnessed one of the worst crimes of the French Revolution. ![]() ![]() The story centers on two girls – one who lives in present day Brooklyn and has suffered the loss of her younger brother. On another level, it’s about the revolution inside, about the changes we as human beings go through as we struggle to make sense of our world and its tragedies. On one level, it’s about the French Revolution and one of its smallest victims. There’s comfort and distraction for Andi in the journal’s antique pages-until, on a midnight journey through the catacombs of Paris, Alexandrine’s words transcend paper and time, and the past becomes suddenly, terrifyingly present.Īs you might expect from the title, this book is about a revolution. But when Andi finds Alexandrine’s diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession. ![]()
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