The Return of Marie Joelle

THE RETURN OF MARIE-JOELLE unfolds amidst the picturesque setting of the Dordogne Valley in Southwest France.<p> Caught in a violent thunderstorm while canoeing on this river Marie Joelle at the age of seventeen tragically drowns. A few years later her family and friends find themselves helplessly baffled by a mystery that shakes their core beliefs about life and death. <p> The subsequent birth of Anais continues to mystify everyone as the little girl's behavior gives many compelling manifestations indicating the possibility that the soul of their beloved Marie-Joelle has been reincarnated in the body of the child Anais.<p> The story built around a romance carries an intriguing charm which may captivate a diversity of readers regardless of their spiritual convictions for this is not a treatise on any particular religious creed.<p> Christiane Angibeau-Thompson