Daughters of War: the most spellbinding escapist historical fiction novel of WW2 France from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller (The Daughters of War, Book 1)

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Florence die met weinig heerlijke gerechten op de tafel toverde, Hélène die mensen verpleegde zonder alle nodige middelen en Elise, die de Maquis meehielp op allerlei ondenkbare manieren. Plot: Even though this story is character-driven, it also moves along at a nice pace with several harrowing events to survive and obstacles to overcome. The atrocities of war are not glossed over here, and in fact, are described in such detail as to make the reader feel the impact of one human’s cruelty on another human being. Daughters Of War is the first book in a family drama set in the later years of WW2 and it follows the lives of three sisters, Helene, Elisa and Florence living in a small village in France. Daughter of War story is full of wonderful descriptions about the beautiful French countryside, the forest near the Baudin sister’s house, and life in the village of Sainte-Cecile and how the locals all support, help each other during the terrible war years and German reprisals.

Daughters of War - Dinah Jefferies, Author

Books take us to places we’ve never been, they teach us about our world, and they help us to understand human experience. It is Hugo, the local doctor, and his wife Marie, who initially experience the realities of life under the Nazis.

Centraal in Dochters van de Dordogne staat de relatie van de drie zussen onderling en hoe ze proberen te overleven tijdens de barre oorlogsjaren. As is usual with her books the author used colourful word pictures to build up the geographical setting so that I felt that I had visited the Dordogne again.

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Although unrequited for the most part and it came about due to a very difficult situation I hoped she would find some happiness amidst the upheaval and destruction of war. Told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Hélène, Élise and Florence, the author carefully delineates the three sisters’ personalities. Bovendien worden er ook soms kleine sprongetjes gemaakt, waardoor je ook hier weer als lezer met vragen achterblijft. The village of Sante Cecile and its inhabitants really come to life as the story narrative revolves between each of the three sisters. It is 1944, and the Baudin sisters have lost their father, Charles, and their mother, Claudette, has left for England.

British author Dinah Jefferies has produced a fantastic opener to a brand-new historical fiction series.

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The Tea Planter’s Wife is so much more than a conventional love story, with all its twists and turns and guilt and betrayal.She would sit in the darkness of the garden after her sisters were in bed and she would take a long slow breath and ground herself in her life. The author really did the sisters a disservice by reducing them to bags of emotions that can only be soothed by the presence of a man. The Germans could feel the edge of the defeat that was coming and were there with their acts of retribution. In 1985, the sudden death of Dinah Jefferies’ fourteen year old son brought her life to a standstill. Florence mezina familiei si cea mai idealista și sensibilă dintre surori așteaptă cu nerăbdare eliberarea Franței si o viață mai bună pentru ea și familia sa.

Daughters of War set in Dordogne By Dinah Jefferies Daughters of War set in Dordogne By Dinah Jefferies

Jefferies provides rich descriptions of the location and intricate details of what life was like in this turbulent period of history making this a dark, intense and compelling read, a family drama, of intrigue, love, loss, grief, friendship, courage, and the fight for survival. In 1985, the death of her fourteen year old son changed everything and she now draws on the experience of loss in her writing.Hélène, Elise and Florence, three sisters with both French and English genes, lived in the old stone cottage that belonged to their parents. Daughters of War by Dinah Jefferies is the story of the German occupation of France during 1944 and the way it has altered the lives of three sisters. The Imperial War Museum/The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed November 2, 2023, http://ww1lit. It was impossible not to be drawn into their story, there are some really lovely moments of true hope, as well as some incredibly gut wrenching ones.