Showing results by author "Kristin Harmel" in Genre Fiction

Paris, 1939. Elise and Juliette are certain nothing can come between them. So, when war breaks out and Elise is forced to flee, she entrusts Juliette with her daughter, playmate to Juliette's own little girl. More than a year later, with the war finally ending, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter, only to find her friend's bookstore reduced to rubble - and Juliette nowhere to be found. What happened to Mathilde in those last terrible moments?

Marie Vachon experiences firsthand the devastation of the German invasion when she takes in a Jewish refugee named Josiane. A loving, if temporary, home for the displaced child. A second chance at motherhood for Marie. After three years, an inseparable bond is created. It’s one that leads Marie and Josiane to an inevitable but surprising reckoning that calls into question what motherhood means—and where it ends.

Motherhood isn’t always what’s expected. One woman may delight in navigating the unknowable, while another may look to the past to chart the course ahead. Still another may have the urge to redefine the relationship between mother and child. For each, the journey can be heartwarming and heartbreaking, ever changing and challenging. In these provocative stories, acclaimed authors probe the growing pains that can change the lives of both mother and child in ways they never imagined.

Voor de lezers van De nachtegaal, Het Duitse meisje en Bloemen voor mijn dochter Parijs, 1939. Elise en Juliette worden dikke vriendinnen op de dag dat ze elkaar ontmoeten in het prachtige Bois de Boulogne. Hoewel de oorlog Europa snel nadert, vermoedt geen van beide vrouwen dat hun leven op het punt staat onherroepelijk te veranderen. Wanneer Elise een doelwit wordt van de Duitse bezetters, vertrouwt ze Juliette haar kostbaarste bezit toe: haar jonge dochter, die bevriend is met Juliettes eigen dochter.