Gaëlle de Barbet is sixteen years old in 1940
when the German army occupies France. In a matter of months, her father
and brother are killed, her mother descends into madness, and her
closest friend, Rebekah Feldmann, is sent to a detention camp.
Taking
terrifying risks, Gaëlle becomes a member of the Resistance, fearlessly
delivering Jewish children to safety underneath the eyes of the Gestapo
and their French collaborators. Conducted in secret, her missions for
the Resistance will mark her for years.
In the final days of the
war, she executes a plan to help save France's art treasures. But when
the war draws to a close, she is falsely accused of collaboration, and
flees to Paris in disgrace. There, she begins a new life that eventually
takes her to New York, from a career as a Dior model to marriage and
motherhood, unbearable loss, and mature, lasting love when she returns
to France.
The ghosts of the past are always near. No matter
where she goes, her label as a collaborator remains, until her
granddaughter, a respected political journalist, embarks on a journey to
see her grandmother recognized as the war hero she was . . .
Danielle
Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family, love and
life. Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi, Jodi
Picoult and Diane Chamberlain.
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