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Author Manning, Kirsty, author.

Title The French gift : a novel of World War II Paris / Kirsty Manning.

Publication Info. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  F MANNING, K.    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION MANNING    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  F MANNING, K.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F MANNING    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION MANNING    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION MANNING    DUE 04-22-24
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  F MANNING    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FIC MANN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  MANNING, KIRSTY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Adult Fiction  MANNING, KIRSTY    Check Shelf

Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 317, 10 pages ; 24 cm
Note "Originally published in Australia in 2021 by Allen & Unwin"--Title page verso
"P.S.-insights, interviews & more"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 8-10 at end of the book)
Summary "Fresne Prison, 1940: A former maid at a luxury villa on the Riviera, Margot Bisset finds herself in a prison cell with writer and French Resistance fighter Joséphine Murant. Together, they are transferred to a work camp in Germany for four years, where the secrets they share will bind them for generations to come... Paris, around about now: Evie Black lives in Paris with her teenage son, Hugo, above her botanical bookshop, La Maison Rustique. Life would be so sweet if only Evie were not mourning the great love of her life." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Family secrets -- Fiction.
Prisoners of war -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Fiction.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
FICTION -- Historical -- World War II.
FICTION -- Women.
FICTION -- Family Life -- Marriage & Divorce.
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Other Editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Manning, Kirsty. French gift. Sydney, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2021 9781760528096
ISBN 9780063082328 (hardcover)
0063082322 (hardcover)
9780063045569 (paperback)
0063045567 (paperback)
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