num_pages: 379
description: For readers of Lilac Girls and The Lost Girls of Paris comes a captivating novel of resilience as three generations of women battle to save their familys vineyard during WWII.Champagne 1939Gabrielle Leblanc Dupree is taking her familys future into her hands. While she should be preparing for a lavish party to celebrate two centuries of champagne making she secretly hides Chateau Fouch-Leblancs most precious vintages behind a fake wall in the cellar in preparation for the looming war. But when she joins the resistance the coveted champagne isnt the most dangerous secret her cellar must concealA former Parisian socialite Gabrielles mother Hlne lost her husband to another war. Now her home has been requisitioned by the Germans who pillage vineyards to satisfy the Third Reichs thirst for the finest champagne. Theres even more at stake than Hlne dares admit. She has kept her heritage a secretand no one is safe in Nazi-occupied France.Josephine the family matriarch watches as her beloved vineyard faces its most difficult harvest yet. As her daughter-in-law and granddaughters contend with the enemies and unexpected allies in their midst Josephines deep faith leads to her own path of resistance.Across years and continents the Leblanc women will draw on their courage and wits determined against all odds to preserve their lives their freedom and their legacy
language: English
title: The Widows of Champagne
publisher: Harlequin