What if you could sell your sorrow? During the middle ages, a mother mourning the death of her child believed she could "sell her sorrow" by selling a nail from her child's coffin to a traveling peddler. Lady Celeste is overwhelmed with grief when her infant son dies. Desperate to find relief, she escapes the convent where her husband has sent her to recover and begs a passing peddler to buy her sorrow. Jean, the cynical peddler she meets, is nobody’s fool; he does not believe in superstitions and insists Celeste include the valuable ruby ring on her finger along with the nail in return for his coin. When Celeste learns that without her wedding ring her husband may set her aside, she determines to retrieve it—without reclaiming her sorrow. But how will she find the peddler and convince him to give up the precious ruby ring?
If you like realistic historical fiction with evocative prose, compelling characters and a unique story, you’ll love this incredible journey into medieval France in the 12th Century. Buy The Sorrow Stone and begin your journey today.
Winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award for Historical Fiction.
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