“A compassionate meditation on love, loss and longing, suffused with the light of the Midi.” (more)
—Grace Feueverger, author of Winter Light
To End All Wars
Book Three in The French House Trilogy
In this final book of The French House Trilogy, the desmoiselles, the young girls who went to Paris together in the 60’s are now turning fifty. The narrator, J.J., after success as a journalist and screen-play writer, turns mid-life restlessness into another trip to France, this time to discover the story of her grandparents. Her adored French grandmother and unknown grandfather met in Provence in 1917.
“This is a whirlwind without the airsickness…brilliant writing and a reading pleasure.” (more)
—Lindsay Hale, author of Hearing the Mermaid’s Song
Tracking and exploring the romance of the beautiful young flower-seller and the dashing American Army officer plunge her into the unknown world of WWI. After deep research, she begins to imagine, then write, their story. At the same time, she is thrown into an unexpected encounter with a past love she thought long-buried, and after renewed exchanges with her old friends, is able to revisit the past and rediscover herself.
“A beautiful and moving love story, a suspenseful search, and an indictment of war.” (more)
—Ann Harleman, author of The Year She Disappeared