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(0)Fiona Valpy
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Paris, 1940. With the city occupied by the Nazis, three young seamstresses go about their normal lives as best they can. But all three are hiding secrets. War-scarred Mireille is fighting with the Resistance; Claire has been seduced by a German officer; and Vivienne's involvement is something she can't reveal to either of them.Two generations later, Claire's English granddaughter Harriet arrives in Paris, rootless and adrift, desperate to find a...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1937, seventeen-year-old Ella's life changes forever when she is sent to spend the summer on the beautiful and windswept Ile de Re and meets the charismatic, creative Christophe. They spend the summer together, exploring the island's sandy beaches and crystal-clear waters, and, for the first time in her life, Ella feels truly free. But the outbreak of war casts everything in a new light. Ella is forced to return to Scotland, where she volunteers...
Author
Language
English
Description
Like a glass of wine in the French afternoon sunshine, The French for Love is the perfect summer escape.
Can happy-ever-after get lost in translation?
Gina has lost her perfect job, her boyfriend, and her favorite aunt all within the space of a few months.
So when she inherits her aunt's ramshackle French house, Gina decides to pack her bags for the Bordeaux countryside-swapping English weather for blue skies, sunshine, great wine and a fresh start.
What...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Heartbroken and hoping for a new start, Abi Howes takes a summer job in rural France at the Chateau Bellevue. The old chateau echoes with voices from the past, and soon Abi finds herself drawn to one remarkable woman's story, a story that could change the course of her summer - and her life. In 1938, Eliane Martin tends beehives in the garden of the beautiful Chateau Bellevue. In its shadow she meets Mathieu Dubosq and falls in love for the first...