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The Stone Cradle

One Woman’s Search for the Truth beyond Everyday Reality

Paperback
April 2017
9781905570836
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  • Publisher
    Clairview Books
  • Published
    28th April 2017
  • ISBN 9781905570836
  • Pages 246 pp.
  • Size 6" x 9.25"
$20.00

In this gripping memoir, Patrice Chaplin returns to Girona, the ancient city of secrets—its magnetism and enchantment never to be forgotten. It was in Girona that she first encountered the hidden society, preserved since antiquity, that influenced illustrious figures such as Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau, Otto Rahn, and Howard Hughes—even Bérenger Saunière, the cryptic priest of Rennes-le-Château. What mystery is protected by this esoteric society?

In the spirit of her books The City of Secrets and The Portal, Chaplin continues her search to solve the enigmas of Girona. When the society seems to offer her its secret—on the basis that she become its custodian and remain in Catalonia—she is faced with a decision that could change her life forever. Sensing danger, she must anticipate the intentions of those around her. Knowledge is not just power, but also the best way to survive. Drawn into a series of adventures, she is taken to holy sites, isolated castles, and ancient graves supposedly linked to religious figures from the distant past. Finally, Chaplin is led to an isolated, secret chapel—the domain of the Stone Cradle. Once touched, she is told, one would always return, even in dreams.

This is a place of multidimensional reality, but also a place of peril, a portal to the unknown. What is its purpose? In the culmination of her work, The Stone Cradle, Chaplin discovers the secret of Girona and glimpses a truth beyond everyday reality.

Patrice Chaplin

Patrice Chaplin is an internationally renowned playwright and author who has published more than two dozen books. Her most notable works include Albany Park, Siesta (which was made into a film starring Jodi Foster and Isabella Rossellini), Into the Darkness Laughing, Hidden Star, Night Fishingand Death Trap. Her stage play From the Balcony was commissioned by London’s National Theatre in conjunction with Radio 3. As a bohemian in Paris during the 1950s and ’60s, Patrice spent time with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Married to Charlie Chaplin’s son Michael and living and working in Hollywood, she was associated with Lauren Bacall, Miles Davis, Salvador Dali, Marlon Brando and Jean Cocteau, who gave her a starring role in one of his films.