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Cool Old Lady: Madame Babineau wears mens clothes and trades goats for awesome cigarettes.Almost becomes a pun when Isabelle is stripped naked and locked in a refrigerator as part of her interrogation.Commonly described as a favorite Gestapo interrogation technique.Villainous Glutton: The chief of police in Carriveau actually gains weight as the story goes on (while the rest of the townspeople starve), which emphasizes how much he benefits from playing for the German side.The French police are particularly unscrupulous.
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She uses a covert system of keeping track of their real names, so they can be recovered by the loved ones after the war. She chooses to provide secret identities to Jewish children and hide them away at the local abbey. Vianne realizes she cannot stay on the sidelines when Jewish children are being rounded up and deported- and feels all the worse for providing the list of names to Captain Beck.Until the end, and even then, it only prolongs the end for Isabelle. Julien wants to make up for being a crappy dad.Alcoholic Parent: Julien started in on the brandy when he returned home from war.She says if you jump off a cliff at least youll fly before you fall. Sophie: Tante Isabelle says its better to be bold than meek. War looms, however, and Antoine is called to the front in an anticipated defense against German aggression. Her existence is seemingly idyllic, filled with picnics, gardening, and plenty of time to spend with her loving family. Vianne Mauriac lives in the French countryside with her husband, Antoine and their daughter, Sophie. Over the course of her journey to the home and interacting with her son, she recalls the story of love and survival that was her experience during the war. Their stories are told in retrospect while we follow an elderly French immigrant in 1995, who is living out her last days in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.Ī woman with a terminal illness is being moved to a nursing home by her son, and finds an old trunk in the attic of her home, filled with memories of a past life. It follows the struggles of two French sisters the quiet, cautious Vianne and bold, impetuous Isabelleand their loved ones during the Nazi occupation. A historical fiction by Kristin Hannah set in pre-war and occupied France during World War II.