Historical Fiction
I wasn't so sure about this book in the beginning as it started out like a Hallmark movie: Girl returns to Paris to her family's vineyard after vowing never to return 10 years ago. Her first day back she hears a voice she hasn't heard in 10 years, but she still knew it - Jean-Luc. I had only gotten to page 5 and was ready to hurl!
But, Ms. Mah redeemed herself with a well-researched novel about WWII in France, collaborators, resistors and the hidden wines of French vintners.
Told in alternating voices of present day Kate and an unknown great-aunt, Helene, it is a captivating story of a war that truly defined a person.
Be ready to drink lots of wine (tea if its too early for wine) and eat lots of cheese while you take trip through the Burgundy region of France!
Summary from Goodreads: A novel about a woman who returns to her family’s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative, and a secret her family has been keeping since World War II
Quotes: "...I wonder if this war could actually be a form of alchemy - changing us, testing us, until each of us has revealed the truest part of our souls."
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