Arthur Pepper has lost his wife Miriam a year earlier, and his grief is still very raw. He rarely goes out and spends his days vigorously cleaning every corner of his house, talking to his plant and avoiding his well-meaning neighbor Bernadette. When he finds a mysterious charm bracelet in his wife’s wardrobe, his curiosity is picked, and he sets out to discover the stories behind each charm. His quest will…
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Catherine Berry
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But You Are in France, Madame by Catherine Berry
The following is a guest post by Catherine Berry, author of But You Are in France, Madame. There was no doubt that it was tough. Not in a life or death way – that was to come later. But, we had no right to complain, as it was personal choice that had led us to where we were, living in the beautiful French Alps. Our newly set-up blog pages quickly became…
Carol Drinkwater
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The Forgotten Summer by Carol Drinkwater
Jane and Luc have been married for several years. Jane is a shy translator from England, and Luc is a passionate French documentary filmmaker. They share their time between London and the South of France where Luc’s mother is running a wine estate. When he suddenly has an accident, Jane discovers that her husband had a few secrets of his own. Now she has to piece her life back together, while…
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The Best Book I (Almost) Never Wrote
The following is a guest post by Jackie Minniti, author of Jacqueline. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. I’m a firm believer that nothing important happens by chance. This belief has been validated many times as I’ve traveled through the sixty-seven years of my life, but never more than a recent experience that shed a new light on…
Liza Perrat
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Spirit of Lost Angels by Liza Perrat
Victoire Charpentier is a young woman living in Lucie-sur-Vionne, France, at the end of the 18th century. When her father dies in a coach accident and her mother is drowned for witchcraft, she has no choice but to go to Paris to work as a scullery maid for a noble family. Overwhelmed by the big city and abused by the Marquis who employs her, life doesn’t get any easier for…
Alexander Chee
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The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
Lilliet Berne is a famous opera singer in 1882 Paris when an author approaches her to ask her to star in an opera he has just finished writing. When she reads it, she realizes that the story relates her own secret past. As she tries to discover the person who betrayed her confidence, she remembers her humble beginnings as an orphan from Ohio, her travels in Europe with a circus and her…
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Confessions of a Paris Party Girl by Vicki Lesage
Vicki Lesage, an American from St. Louis, Missouri, finds herself newly single at 25. When she loses her job in an IT company, she decides it is the perfect time to move to France and start over. As soon as she arrives, she relishes the delicious food and rich culture. However, she soon finds out that making new friends is not as easy as she thought and that life in Paris can be…
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Alexandria Then and Now
The following is a guest post by William Snyder, author of Songs of Icarus. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. There is a quote from Ray Bradbury on Book Obsessed: “A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.” ‘Ancient Egypt’? I fell in love with modern Alexandria on a…
Cheryl Hollon
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Art Inspires Art – Filling the Well
The following is a guest post by Cheryl Hollon, author of Pane and Suffering. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. Writing for me is exhilarating and at the same time exhausting. I tend to push very hard for several weeks near the deadline for turning a book over to my publisher. That means up to a sixteen-hour a day…
Liza Perrat
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Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat
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….