The Award

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Gaelle de Barbet is sixteen years old in 1940 when the German army occupies France In a matter of months her father & brother are killed her mother descends into madness & her closest friend Rebekah Feldmann is sent to a detention camp Taking terrifying risks Gaelle becomes a member of the Resistance fearlessly delivering Jewish children to safety underneath the eyes of the Gestapo & their French collaborators Conducted in secret her missions for the Resistance will mark her for years In the final days of the war she executes a plan to help save France's art treasures But when the war draws to a close she is falsely accused of collaboration & flees to Paris in disgrace There she begins a new life that eventually takes her to New York from a career as a Dior model to marriage & motherhood unbearable loss & mature lasting love when she returns to France The ghosts of the past are always near No matter where she goes her label as a collaborator remains until her granddaughter a respected political journalist embarks on a journey to see her grandmother recognized as the war hero she was Danielle Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family love & life Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi Jodi Picoult & Diane Chamberlain