As their situation escalates into deadly danger, the two women are forced to make a terrible decision that will bind them together for the rest of their lives. But it’s not long before Pauline uncovers a perilous love affair that Camille has been hiding and the truth about Theo. When Camille offers Pauline a place to stay while she is in Noyelles, the two women become friends. In Noyelles-sur-Mer, Camille Roussel is planning her escape from an abusive marriage. To prevent the union, she needs the help of her cousin Theo, who has been working as a translator for the Chinese Labour Corps in the town of Noyelles-sur-Mer. In the final days of the First World War, a young Chinese woman, Pauline Deng, runs away from her uncle’s home in Paris to evade a marriage that will send her back to Shanghai.
A vividly rendered novel set in World War I France about two young women-one Chinese, one French-whose lives intersect with unexpected, potentially dangerous consequencesįRANCE 1918.
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