We have two copies of A Fifty-year Silence to give away this week, thanks to Text Publishing. A granddaughter seeks to discover her family secrets: this sounds like a fascinating domestic drama.
Blub: 'After surviving World War II by escaping the Nazi occupation, Miranda Richmond Mouillot’s grandparents, Anna and Armand, bought an old stone house in a remote, picturesque village in the south of France. Five years later, Anna packed her bags and walked out on Armand, taking the typewriter and their children. The two never saw or spoke to each other again.
This is the deeply involving account of Miranda’s journey to find out what happened. To discover the roots of this embittered and entrenched silence, Miranda abandons her plans for the future and moves to the old stone house, now a crumbling ruin, where she immerses herself in letters and archival materials, slowly teasing stories out of her reticent, and declining, grandparents. Along the way she finds herself learning how not only to survive, but to thrive—making a home in the village and falling in love.
We have two copies of A Fifty-year Silence to give away this week, thanks to Text Publishing. A granddaughter seeks to discover her family secrets: this sounds like a fascinating domestic drama.
Blub: 'After surviving World War II by escaping the Nazi occupation, Miranda Richmond Mouillot’s grandparents, Anna and Armand, bought an old stone house in a remote, picturesque village in the south of France. Five years later, Anna packed her bags and walked out on Armand, taking the typewriter and their children. The two never saw or spoke to each other again.
This is the deeply involving account of Miranda’s journey to find out what happened. To discover the roots of this embittered and entrenched silence, Miranda abandons her plans for the future and moves to the old stone house, now a crumbling ruin, where she immerses herself in letters and archival materials, slowly teasing stories out of her reticent, and declining, grandparents. Along the way she finds herself learning how not only to survive, but to thrive—making a home in the village and falling in love.
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To be in to win a copy, email info@booksellers.co.nz with the subject line 'silence', tell us about the last good book you read, and remember to let us know your address. The competition closes on Thursday 12 March, at 12 noon.
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