“A shocking story... Isola is an immersive journey through the eyes of Marguerite de la Rocque, who redefines what makes one a woman of worth and what the difference is between having a life and truly living.”

—#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult

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About Isola

Marguerite seems destined for a life of prosperity, but her guardian Jean Francois de la Rocque de Roberval forces her to sail with him to New France.  When Marguerite falls in love with her guardian's servant, Roberval finds out and maroons them on an island . . .

About the Author

Allegra Goodman’s novels include Sam, Intuition, The Cookbook Collector, Paradise Park, and Kaaterskill Falls (a National Book Award finalist). Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Commentary, and Ploughshares and has been anthologized in The O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories.

Praise

“A profound and gorgeously written gem."

—PEOPLE
on Sam

“If you're hankering for a feast of love, let yourself fall under the spell of Allegra Goodman's delicious tale. You won't leave hungry.”

—THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW on The Cookbook Collector

"Goodman performs the magic trick of evolving Sam's perspective chapter by chapter to match her age."

—MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE

“This is a novel full of wit and spark . . . [it] not only moved me, but gave me goosebumps.”

—THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
on The Chalk Artist

Sam is about as perfect of a coming-of-age story as I have ever read.”

—JENNA BUSH HAGER

“Superb . . . Goodman performs with the precision of a scientist and the flair of an artist at the top of her game. Grade: A.”

—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
on Intuition

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