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The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
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The Winemaker's Wife (edition 2020)

by Kristin Harmel (Author)

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Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:The author of the "engrossing" (People) international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of France during the darkest days of World War II, perfect for fans of Heather Morris's The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Champagne, 1940: Inès has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. As the danger mounts, Michel turns his back on his marriage to begin hiding munitions for the Résistance. Inès fears they'll be exposed, but for Céline, the French-Jewish wife of Chauveau's chef de cave, the risk is even greaterâ??rumors abound of Jews being shipped east to an unspeakable fate.

When Céline recklessly follows her heart in one desperate bid for happiness, and Inès makes a dangerous mistake with a Nazi collaborator, they risk the lives of those they loveâ??and the vineyard that ties them together.

New York, 2019: Recently divorced, Liv Kent is at rock bottom when her feisty, eccentric French grandmother shows up unannounced, insisting on a trip to France. But the older woman has an ulterior motiveâ??and a tragic, decades-old story to share. When past and present finally collide, Liv finds herself on a road to salvation that leads right to the caves
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Title:The Winemaker's Wife
Authors:Kristin Harmel (Author)
Info:Gallery Books (2020), 432 pages
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A lovely description of the Champagne area of France and the wine making process. The horrors of the Nazi invasion of France. The resistance fighters and those that don't take a stance against the Nazi's or just don't believe it's happening. The frailties of the human spirit. Add to the story a few twists and turns at the end. All go into making a wonderful historical fiction. ( )
  jtsolakos | Jan 21, 2024 |
Very good. I would recommend this book. ( )
  PKolb | Sep 8, 2023 |
What a wonderful historical book. So much going on and so much to understand and figure out but it all comes together in the end of course

I love books about wine/champagne and France and this one had it all. ( )
  sweetbabyjane58 | Jul 14, 2022 |
I found this book to be fascinating, including the notes by the author, in all things relating to the making of champagne. Although I have not liked drinking it in the past, I will try again at the first opportunity with more appreciation. The resistance part of the book was not as dramatic as some other books I have read, but still was good. This is my third book by this author and I plan to read more. ( )
  eliorajoy | Dec 10, 2021 |
First Historical Fiction book. First Kristin Harmel book. Won't be the last of either.
Intertwining a fictional, yet possible, story of love, regret & perseverance with historical elements of geography, wine production & holocaust. It was a beautifully written story. You might want to keep a box of tissues handy.. ( )
  lorimpalmer | Nov 28, 2021 |
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Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:The author of the "engrossing" (People) international bestseller The Room on Rue Amélie returns with a moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of France during the darkest days of World War II, perfect for fans of Heather Morris's The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Champagne, 1940: Inès has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. As the danger mounts, Michel turns his back on his marriage to begin hiding munitions for the Résistance. Inès fears they'll be exposed, but for Céline, the French-Jewish wife of Chauveau's chef de cave, the risk is even greaterâ??rumors abound of Jews being shipped east to an unspeakable fate.

When Céline recklessly follows her heart in one desperate bid for happiness, and Inès makes a dangerous mistake with a Nazi collaborator, they risk the lives of those they loveâ??and the vineyard that ties them together.

New York, 2019: Recently divorced, Liv Kent is at rock bottom when her feisty, eccentric French grandmother shows up unannounced, insisting on a trip to France. But the older woman has an ulterior motiveâ??and a tragic, decades-old story to share. When past and present finally collide, Liv finds herself on a road to salvation that leads right to the caves

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