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William Morrow
May 2017
On Sale: May 2, 2017
320 pages
ISBN: 006236958X
EAN: 9780062369581
Kindle: B01L6R2YAO
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Historical
From the multiple-award-winning, critically acclaimed author
of The Hummingbird and The Curiosity comes
a dazzling novel of World War II—a shimmering tale of
courage, determination, optimism, and the resilience of the
human spirit, set in a small Normandy village on the eve of
D-Day. On June 5, 1944, as dawn rises over a small town on the
Normandy coast of France, Emmanuelle is making the bread
that has sustained her fellow villagers in the dark days
since the Germans invaded her country. Only twenty-two, Emma learned to bake at the side of a
master, Ezra Kuchen, the village baker since before she was
born. Apprenticed to Ezra at thirteen, Emma watched with
shame and anger as her kind mentor was forced to wear the
six-pointed yellow star on his clothing. She was likewise
powerless to help when they pulled Ezra from his shop at
gunpoint, the first of many villagers stolen away and never
seen again. In the years that her sleepy coastal village has suffered
under the enemy, Emma has silently, stealthily fought back.
Each day, she receives an extra ration of flour to bake a
dozen baguettes for the occupying troops. And each day, she
mixes that precious flour with ground straw to create enough
dough for two extra loaves—contraband bread she shares with
the hungry villagers. Under the cold, watchful eyes of armed
soldiers, she builds a clandestine network of barter and
trade that she and the villagers use to thwart their occupiers. But her gift to the village is more than these few crusty
loaves. Emma gives the people a taste of hope—the faith that
one day the Allies will arrive to save them.
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