For the Love of Pierre

Quest for a new heaven and earth--how can one find it or rediscover what was lost? <br><br>L'important c'est la rose. Val associates this maxim with a curly-haired man who tells her that one must love someone to learn his language. He reappears as Angelo to sell Victorine a sewing case for her embroidery. She is freed from housekeeping to live with her poet once more. <br><br>The world of childhood beckons to the reader of this book. Its spontaneous joy restores new balance to all--readers and characters. <br><br>Finally the characters' solitude melds into community spirit with new brothers and sisters.