THE FRENCH HOUSE
A RICHARD AND JUDY 2022 BOOK CLUB PICK!
"Deeply involving, utterly absorbing, and sometimes heart-wrenching. We loved it”
– RICHARD AND JUDY
In Nazi-occupied Guernsey, the wrong decision can destroy a life.
Left profoundly deaf after an accident, Émile is no stranger to isolation – or heartbreak. Now as German planes loom overhead, he senses life is about to change forever.
Trapped in a tense, fearful marriage, Isabelle doesn't know what has become of Émile and the future she hoped for. But when she glimpses him from the window of the French House, their lives collide once more …
Leutnant Schreiber is more comfortable wielding a paintbrush than a pistol. But he has little choice in the role he is forced to play in the occupying forces – or in his own forbidden desires.
As their paths entwine, loyalties are blurred and dangerous secrets forged. But on an island under occupation, courage can have deadly consequences.
Lyrical, moving and compelling, The French House is a novel about wanting to hear and learning to listen – to the truths that lie deep in our hearts.
BEHIND THE SCENES
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PRAISE FOR THE FRENCH HOUSE
INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS
General Press, Hungary