Melanie Murray Livres

Londres, j'adore - l'accent british, la mode, le shopping, même les taxis hors de prix ! Mais en arrivant là-bas pour rejoindre mon amoureux, j'ai eu une sacrée mauvaise surprise. Car Bob, l'amoureux en question avec lequel je devais emménager et avec qui je m'imaginais déjà en robe blanche devant l'autel, s'est laissé mettre le grappin dessus par une blondinette typiquement british. Impossible de rivaliser avec elle : il n'y a pas plus italo-américaine que moi, Lisa Maria Marino ! En dépit de ce mauvais départ, je ne vais pas me laisser abattre. Et je vais illico trouver un plan B pour ce séjour londonien, à commencer par un endroit où poser mes affaires. D'ailleurs, si vous connaissez quelqu'un là-bas qui pourrait m'héberger, ça me dépannerait bien...

Robert Burns' "Belle of Mauchline" is given a voice in this lyrical and intimate depiction of the life of Jean Armour, known simply as the wife of the infamous poet and mother of nine of his children. Melanie Murray's biographical Should Auld Acquaintance reveals the historical tale of the talented farmer, a forbidden affair, and the tumultuous life of an 18th-century Scottish woman. In Should Auld Acquaintance, Jean Armour comes to life and asserts her place as more than a footnote in poetic history. Without Armour, an educated young beauty and talented singer, as his partner and muse, Burns may never have achieved his prolific collection of songs. Murray traces the footsteps of Armour and Burns through the village of Mauchline, where they met and married, to their failed farm in Ellisland and their final home in Dumfries, attempting to discover the woman who inspired the timeless poetry that brought the lyrical Scottish dialect to the English world. More than a housewife in the shadow of her talented husband, Armour is portrayed as a resilient and passionate woman who must overcome the abandonment of her family, the loss of her children, and the instability of her philandering husband. It's impossible to ignore her significance as a figure in the literary realm and to not be swept up in the complex and intricate history woven from the poems, letters and stories of Robbie Burns and his "Bonie Jean."