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Over fifty years after acclaimed novelist Irène Némirovskys death in a concentration camp, her daughter decided to find the courage to read her journals. What she discovered was an incredible story... Set in 1940s France and based on the international best-selling work of Irène Némirovsky, SUITE FRANÇAISE follows beautiful Lucile Angellier who awaits news from her husban Over fifty years after acclaimed novelist Irène Némirovskys death in a concentration camp, her daughter decided to find the courage to read her journals. What she discovered was an incredible story... Set in 1940s France and based on the international best-selling work of Irène Némirovsky, SUITE FRANÇAISE follows beautiful Lucile Angellier who awaits news from her husband, a prisoner of war whilst leading a stifled existence with her domineering mother-in-law. When Parisian refugees pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers homes, Luciles life is turned upside down. In the Angellier home, Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno, the handsome and refined German officer who has been posted to live with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and traps them in the tragedy of war.
Over fifty years after acclaimed novelist Irène Némirovskys death in a concentration camp, her daughter decided to find the courage to read her journals. What she discovered was an incredible story... Set in 1940s France and based on the international best-selling work of Irène Némirovsky, SUITE FRANÇAISE follows beautiful Lucile Angellier who awaits news from her husban Over fifty years after acclaimed novelist Irène Némirovskys death in a concentration camp, her daughter decided to find the courage to read her journals. What she discovered was an incredible story... Set in 1940s France and based on the international best-selling work of... Read More