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The award : a novel / Danielle Steel.
Gaelle de Barbet is sixteen years old in 1940 when the German army occupies France and frightening changes begin. She is shocked and powerless when French gendarmes take away her closest friend, Rebekah Feldmann, and her family, and send them to a detention camp for deportation to an unknown, ominous fate. The local German military commandant makes Gaelle's family estate outside Lyon into his headquarters. Her father and brother are killed by the Germans; her mother fades away into madness and ill health. Trusted friends and employees become traitors. And by accident, Gaelle begins a perilous journey with the French Resistance, hoping to save lives to make up for the beloved friend she could do nothing to help.
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- ISBN: 9781101883877
- ISBN: 1101883871
- Physical Description: 396 pages ; 18 cm
- Edition: Dell mass market edition.
- Publisher: New York : Dell, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
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| Genre: | Fiction. History. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. |
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| Colfax-Perry Twp PL | FIC STE (Text) | 74121000093195 | Adult Fiction 1st Floor | Available | - |
| Mooresville PL - Mooresville | PBK S (Text) | 37323005426112 | PBK | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
When Gaèelle de Barbet learns she will be receiving the Legion of Honor medal, she relives her past and must make peace with it in order to heal. - Random House, Inc.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠Capturing historical events, terrifying moments of danger, tragedy, the price of war, and the invincible spirit of a woman of honor, The Award is a monumental tale from one of our most gifted storytellersâDanielle Steelâs finest, most emotionally resonant novel yet.
Gaëlle de Barbet is sixteen years old in 1940 when the German army occupies France and frightening changes begin to occur. She is shocked and powerless when French gendarmes take away her closest friend, Rebekah Feldmann, and her family for deportation to an unknown, ominous fate.
The local German military commandant makes Gaëlleâs family estate outside Lyon into his headquarters. Her father and brother are killed by the Germans; her mother fades away into madness. Trusted friends and employees become traitors. And Gaëlle begins a perilous journey with the French Resistance, hoping to save lives to make up for the beloved friend she could do nothing to help.
Taking terrifying risks, Gaëlle becomes a valuable member of the Resistance, fearlessly delivering Jewish children to safety under the eyes of the Gestapo and their French collaborators. Then she is suddenly approached by the German commandant with an astonishing, dangerous plan to save part of Franceâs artistic heritage. Conducted in secret, flawlessly carried out, her missions will mark her for years, when she is falsely accused of collaboration at the end of the war. Orphaned and alone, she begins a new life in Paris, with the ghosts of the past always close at hand.
Gaëlleâs life will take her from Paris to New York, from a career as a Dior model to marriage and motherhood, unbearable loss, and mature, lasting love. She returns to Paris to run a small museum, honoring victims of the Holocaust. But her label as a collaborator remains, until her granddaughter, a respected political journalist, ensures that her grandmotherâs brave acts are recognized. Now a grateful nation will finally absolve this remarkable woman and honor her as the war hero she was.
