![]() ![]() ![]() Harmel weaves in real historical figures such as Otto Klaebisch, the “weinführer” in Champagne during the war, and Count Robert-Jean de Vogüé, Resistance leader and head of Moët & Chandon. She discerns this in part from the new man in her life, Julien, grandson and partner of Edith’s longtime lawyer. ![]() This novel alternates between 1940 at the Chauveau Champagne winery near Reims as the German occupation begins and the present day in the same area, where recently divorced Liv Kent’s 99-year-old grandmother, Edith, has brought her so that Edith can attend to some “business.” Gradually Liv begins to understand they are in Reims so she can learn what happened in 1940 that changed the futures of her grandparents, their friends, and the Chauveau winery. Harmel ( The Room on Rue Amélie, 2018, etc.) returns with another historical novel set in France during World War II. ![]()
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