The French Gift

🇫🇷 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 🇫🇷

Thank you Bibliolifestyle and William Morrow Books for this gifted copy.

One of my lifetime favorite historical fiction books that I always recommend is 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙡𝙮, so I’m very excited to be part of this amazing tour for Manning’s latest work of historical fiction, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙂𝙞𝙛𝙩.

Of course I’ve already dove into this very atmospheric story set in France with a dual timeline during WWII and the present. So far this is a moving story with a lot of promise!

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: 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.

When a letter arrives regarding the legacy of her husband’s great-aunt, Joséphine Murant, Evie clutches at an opportunity to spend one last magical summer with her son. They travel together to Joséphine’s house, now theirs, on the Côte d’Azur. Here, Evie unravels the official story of this famous novelist, and the truth of a murder a lifetime ago. Along the way, she will discover the little-known true story of the women who were enslaved by German forces in WWII.

Bringing together the present and the past, The French Gift is a tender and heartbreaking story of female friendship, sacrifice and loss, and the promise of new love

💬 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝?