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The French gift : a novel of World War II Paris

Call Number

  • FICTION MANN (CEN, OSH)

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Physical Description

317, 10 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"Fresne Prison, 1940: A former maid at a luxury villa on the Riviera, Margot Bisset finds herself in a prison cell with writer and French Resistance fighter Joséphine Murant. Together, they are transferred to a work camp in Germany for four years, where the secrets they share will bind them for generations to come...Paris, around about now: Evie Black lives in Paris with her teenage son, Hugo, above her botanical bookshop, La Maison Rustique. Life would be so sweet if only Evie were not mourning the great love of her life"--

Notes

"Originally published in Australia in 2021 by Allen & Unwin"--Title page verso.

"P.S. insights, interviews & more"--cover.

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