The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland
Book Feature - The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland
HBL Note: THE FORCE OF SUCH BEAUTY by Barbara Bourland has a little something for everyone. Part detective story, part thriller, part fairytale - you’re sure to find an aspect that will draw you in. Then, Barbara’s page-turning pacing of compelling women's stories will keep you reading until the very end. What fascinated me about this story was the way she examined the princess trope by taking a look at “wealth, power, politics and royalty.” If you’re looking for a new and engaging story, unlike anything else you’ve read, then scroll down to read more about THE FORCE OF SUCH BEAUTY.
Book Feature - The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland
Book Feature - The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland
From the publisher:
Caroline, a former marathon runner who dropped out of school at fourteen to pursue an Olympic medal, was the perfect candidate for a tiara: shapely, disciplined, accustomed to public attention, and utterly uneducated.
After she meets Finn, the handsome prince of a small European kingdom, her fate is sealed. With a collar of pearls locked around her throat and a rope of diamonds leashing her to a balcony, Caroline uses her once-powerful body to smile, wave, and produce children with perfect grace.
But once she begins to open her eyes to the world around her—and examine her own reflection—Caroline discovers that she may have entered a bargain that cannot be undone.
Barbara Bourland’s stunning third novel is her most ambitious and most imaginative book to date. Inspired by accounts of real-life princesses who yearned to escape, and set in a grotesque and gaudy prerecession 2000s Europe, The Force of Such Beauty is a heart-wrenching and compulsively readable testament to the way in which real-life power structures around the world ultimately rest on the subjugation of women’s bodies.
