num_pages: 336
description: A World War II story of female friendship longing and sacrifice through war and loss bringing together the present and the past.A forgotten manuscript that threatens to unravel the pastFresne 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 Josphine 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.When a letter arrives regarding the legacy of her husbands great-aunt Josphine Murant Evie clutches at an opportunity to spend one last magical summer with her son. They travel together to Josphines house now theirs on the Cte dAzur. Here Evie unravels the official story of this famous novelist and the truth of a murder a lifetime ago. Along the way she will discover the little-known true story of the women who were enslaved by German forces in WWII.Bringing together the present and the past The French Gift is a tender and heartbreaking story of female friendship sacrifice and loss and the promise of new love.
language: English
title: The French Gift : A Novel of World War II Paris
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks