The French baker's war /
Whatling, Michael,
The French baker's war / Michael Whatling. - 258 pages ; 23 cm.
"Inspired by a true story. Occupied France, 1943. Returning home from the daily hunt for the rationed ingredients necessary to keep his family pâtisserie open, André Albert finds his four-year-old son in the street, his wife gone, and a Jewish escapee cowering behind the display case. Without Mireille, the foundation of André's world crumbles. He desperately searches for her, but finds more trouble than answers. Lives are further jeopardized when he agrees to hide Émilie, the escapee, and a Nazi officer shows up to investigate Mireille's disappearance. André will do anything to bring his wife home, catapulting him, their son, and Émilie on a perilous journey impeded by temptation, past trauma, and stunning revelations."
9781777569921 1777569923 9781777569945 177756994X
World War, 1939-1945--France--Fiction.
Families--France--Fiction.
Jews--France--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
The French baker's war / Michael Whatling. - 258 pages ; 23 cm.
"Inspired by a true story. Occupied France, 1943. Returning home from the daily hunt for the rationed ingredients necessary to keep his family pâtisserie open, André Albert finds his four-year-old son in the street, his wife gone, and a Jewish escapee cowering behind the display case. Without Mireille, the foundation of André's world crumbles. He desperately searches for her, but finds more trouble than answers. Lives are further jeopardized when he agrees to hide Émilie, the escapee, and a Nazi officer shows up to investigate Mireille's disappearance. André will do anything to bring his wife home, catapulting him, their son, and Émilie on a perilous journey impeded by temptation, past trauma, and stunning revelations."
9781777569921 1777569923 9781777569945 177756994X
World War, 1939-1945--France--Fiction.
Families--France--Fiction.
Jews--France--Fiction.
Historical fiction.