The novel starts in 1943, when the German army is occupying France. In Lucie-sur-Vionne, a small village near Lyon, the enemy has requisitioned everything that can be of use or that can make a profit. Because her father has been sent to a work camp in Germany, Céleste Roussel wants to be more involved in the Resistance, especially as her sister, her brother and his best friend are active members….
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David Lawrence-Young
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Mary Norton: Soldier Girl by D. Lawrence-Young
The following is a guest post by D. Lawrence-Young, author of Mary Norton: Soldier Girl. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. About the Book Mary Norton is a 17th-century young woman who runs away from home in Bristol to escape from her violent and abusive father. Uneducated and unwilling to become just another servant or someone’s whore she…
Edgar Allan Poe
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Did you know that Edgar Allan Poe was afraid of the dark?
Maybe it was due to the fact that both his parents died when he was 3 years old; or that he attended a boarding school located next to a cemetery. In fact, his gym class or maths lessons sometimes took place among the tombstones. Other fun facts about the author: He had drinking and gambling problems. His poem “The Raven” was inspired by Charles Dickens’ pet bird. Edgar Allan Poe…
Connie Knight
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My Life, My Mystery
The following is a guest post by Connie Knight, author of Cemetery Whites and Chances Choices Changes Death. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. The truth is, I have a life, but I haven’t really lived a mystery. You can incorporate something you once observed into the story you’re thinking about, even if it’s fictional rather than the…
Fiction
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Knots & Crosses by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin was in Ottawa on Saturday 30 November 2013 to talk about his new book, Saints of the Shadow Bible. Earlier that day, he was having a drink in a pub when he started chatting with one of the customers there. The guy noticed that he was Scottish, and asked Rankin what he was doing for a living. When the author told him, the guy said he was actually…