French Wife
Love, hate, hope and pain powerfully intermingle in Diney Costeloe's moving sequel to The Children of the Siege. H l ne and Annette are now 18 and strive to put the horrors of their past behind them.…
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Love, hate, hope and pain powerfully intermingle in Diney Costeloe's moving sequel to The Children of the Siege. H l ne and Annette are now 18 and strive to put the horrors of their past behind them. But can they? 1877, St. Etienne: Since the siege of the Communards in Paris six years earlier, H l ne is back in the safety of the family home. She watches as her eldest sister, Clarice, is set to marry the handsome young Lucas Barrineau, son of a wealthy, landowning family. H l ne is now 18 and a future as a wife and mother beckons. But can she overcome the abuse she suffered at the hands of unscrupulous men and finally put her painful past behind her? Annette the orphan, also 18, is running the Clergy House alone after Madame Sauze is released from service. Father Thomas proves to be a dangerous employer and before long, Annette finds herself pregnant with his child. When she is