LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN`S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013 Jeanne & Marie-Angele grow up, side by side yet apart, in the Catholic village of Ste Madeleine. Marie-Angele is the daughter of the grocer, inflated with ideas of her rightful place in society; Jeanne`s mother washes clothes for a living & used to be a Jew. When war arrives, the village must play its part in a game for which no one knows the rules
- not the dubious hero who embroils Marie-Angele in the black market, nor the artist living alone with his red canvases. In these uncertain times, the enemy may be hiding in your garden shed & the truth can be buried under a pyramid of recriminations. A mesmerising exploration of guilt, faith, desire & judgement, Ignorance brings to life a people at war.