Title: On the Edge of Ashes - Jean-François Bouygues - book
Summary :
November 1994. Vincent, devastated by life, sets out to find his grandmother Valentine, lost since June 1944. He finally finds her in a psychiatric hospital. Thus begins an astonishing journey through time, between 1936 and 1944. A family saga driven by the intertwined destinies of two sisters, Valentine and Susie. A village chronicle, between happiness and suffering, between love and betrayal, at the heart of a turbulent and dark era, that of the Vichy regime, the Occupation and the Resistance. A gallery of authentic characters... a captivating crescendo and a moving outcome.
