
A courageous wife, mother, and resister confronts
the devastation of World War II in a heartbreaking and
hopeful novel by the bestselling author of The Venice
Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child.
Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at the Sorbonne in
Paris when she marries charismatic French journalist Giles
Martin. As they raise their son, Olivier, they hold on to a
tenuous promise for the future. Until the thunder of war
sets off alarms in France.
Staying behind to join the resistance, Giles sends
Madeleine and Olivier to the relative safety of England,
where Madeleine secures a job teaching French at a secondary
school. Yet nowhere is safe. After a devastating twist of
fate resulting in the loss of her son, Madeleine accepts a
request from the ministry to aid in the war effort. Seizing
the smallest glimmer of hope of finding Giles alive, she
returns to France. If Madeleine can stop just one Nazi, it
will be the start of a valiant path of revenge.
Though her perseverance, defiance, and heart will be
tested beyond imagining, no risk is too great for a brave
wife and mother determined to fight and survive against
inconceivable odds.
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