A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War and a Ruined House in France by Miranda Richmond Mouillot

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges.

After surviving World War II by escaping Nazi occupation, Miranda Richmond Mouillot's grandparents, Anna and Armand, purchased an old stone house in a remote, picturesque village in southern France. Five years later, Anna packed her bags and walked out on Armand, taking the typewriter and their children. The two never saw or spoke to each other again.

This is the deeply involving account of Miranda's journey to find out what happened. To discover the roots of this embittered and entrenched silence, Miranda abandons her plans for the future and moves to the old stone house, now a crumbling ruin, where she immerses herself in letters and archival materials, slowly teasing stories out of her reticent and declining grandparents.

Along the way, she finds herself learning how not only to survive but to thrive, making a home in the village and falling in love. With warmth, humour, and rich evocative detail, A Fifty-Year Silence is a heartbreaking uplifting love story spanning two continents and three generations.