Sandra Smith
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
[In this novel], "A Storm in June," is set in the chaos of the tumultuous exodus from Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion. As the German army approaches, Parisians seize what belongings they can and flee the city, the wealthy and the poor alike searching for means to escape. Thrown together under circumstances beyond their control, a group of families and individuals with nothing in common but the harsh demands of survival find themselves facing...
Author
Series
Happy people read and drink coffee volume 1
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Diane seems to have the perfect life. She is a wife, a mother, and the owner of Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, a cozy literary cafe in Paris. But when she suddenly loses her beloved husband and daughter in a tragic car accident, the world as she knows it instantly vanishes. Trapped and haunted by her memories, Diane retreats from friends and family, unable and unwilling to move forward. But one year later, Diane shocks her loved ones and makes...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
At the center of the tale is Silvio, who in his younger years fled the boredom of the village for of travel and adventure, returns to live in a farmer's hovel in the middle of the woods. Much to his family's dismay, Silvio is content with his solitude. But when he attends the wedding of his favorite young cousin, Silvio begins to be drawn back into the complicated life of this small town. As the narration unfolds, we are given an intimate picture...
4) Jezebel
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Gladys Eysenach is on trial in a French courtroom. She is no longer young, but she remains a strikingly elegant, beautiful woman. As the witnesses take the stand and the case against Gladys unfolds, we relive fragments of her past: her childhood, an absent father, her marriage, a turbulent relationship with her daughter, her decline, and then her final irrevocable act."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Liverlight Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Reinterpreting the master of the modern short story's greatest works for a new generation of readers, an anthology collects 28 classic masterpieces, all written between 1880 and 1890, that carry themes of French life, war and the supernatural.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
At the end of the First World War, Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. Broken by the unspeakable horrors he has witnessed, he becomes addicted to the lure of wealth and success. He wallows in the corruption and excess of post-war Paris, but when his lover abandons him, Bernard turns to a childhood friend for comfort. For ten years, he lives the good bourgeois life, but when the drums of war begin to sound again, everything...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
From the moment Sylvie and Andře meet in their Parisian day school, they see in each other an accomplice with whom to confront the mysteries of girlhood. For the next ten years, the two are the closest of friends and confidantes as they explore life in a post-World War One France, and as Andře becomes increasingly reckless and rebellious, edging closer to peril.