The Reincarnation of Marie

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For anyone who has ever felt the sting of loss or dared to dream of a love that could last beyond a lifetime </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Reincarnation of Marie</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a journey through time that is sure to resonate.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Facing enlistment in the Algerian War in 1950s Paris French Army officer Yann Roussel had a heart heavy for the future. Seeking solace he found The Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff the diary of a late French-Russian artist who'd lived in Paris in the late 1800s.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The first woman's diary to ever be posthumously published (to bestselling success) its sensual details of a bohemian life cut short fascinated Roussel. But soon fascination gave way to near madness when he found himself in love with the spirit of a dead woman.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Reincarnation of Marie</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> an epistolary historical romance by Jim Woodman tells the story of how Roussel's obsession led to a doomed love affair with Marya a haunted young art student with uncanny similarities to Bashkirtseff. Convinced he'd discovered Bashkirtseff's spirit reincarnated Roussel found the impossible love he'd been looking for-just on the eve of his leaving for war.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Loosely based on a true story (and hints that author was the one fell in love with Marie) </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Reincarnation of Marie</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a rich narrative blurring historical reality with supernatural love. In the end readers are left with one question: can love truly conquer all-even death?</span></p>