Messenger Part I

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Michael Polowetzky (author of Courtesans) now steps back a few years to begin recounting the story of Pascale Kedar in Messenger Part I. A brilliant artist with a mind bordering on genius teenage Pascale grows up in an overprotected environment in the Middle East. On her first trip abroad a revolution breaks out back home and Pascale is stranded in Paris. In the course of events she is befriended by several locals-- among them:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A.   Veronique Castellane (a former prima ballerina her historic career on the stage sadly cut short);</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>B.   Veronique's brother Richard a polymath Catholic priest</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>C.   Matilda Eisenberg a leftwing professor from the University of Paris and Heidelberg in Germany with political ambitions;</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>D.   Sister Claire a renegade British aristocrat belonging to a social activist order of nuns.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>All her benefactors dearly love Pascale and fully appreciate the girl's immense artistic ability. At the same time each sees Pascale as a vehicle to obtain their own frustrated adult ambitions.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Question: Can the young painter achieve both her own artistic goals and answer the hopes and dreams of her many devoted supporters?</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p>