{ "item_title" : "Final Transgression", "item_author" : [" Harriet Welty Rochefort "], "item_description" : "Spring 1944: Betrayed by her collaborationist husband, S verine Sevanot travels from Paris to her beloved hometown in southwest France. S verine's friends and family have urged her not to go: the region is a tinderbox where the French are fighting not only the Nazis, but their own countrymen who support the pro-German Vichy regime. S verine ignores the advice. She always does exactly what she wants. Summer 1994: To mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day, an American reporter interviews 85-year-old Caroline Aubry, S verine's sister. Caroline tells of fleeing the Germans by taking to the road in May 1940, then returning to a Paris that has been overrun by Germans flirting with young French girls, playing oom-pah band music in the parks, and imposing strict rationing on the city while keeping the best food and wine for themselves. What Caroline omits is a story she has never revealed, even to her son F lix. Now, though, unsettled by the interview and the memories it evokes, Caroline decides that it is time for F lix to learn the secrets of the past... A gripping, beautifully written novel about love and betrayal. --Lynne Olson, New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade's Secret WarA vigorous and compelling tale. --Robert O. Paxton, author of Vichy France: Old Guard and New OrderElegant and often moving. --Alan Riding, author of And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-occupied ParisFinal Transgression succeeds admirably in edifying while moving its readers. --Ronald C. Rosbottom, author of When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light under German Occupation 1940-1944Harriet Welty Rochefort paints this complex tableau of war in France with a fine brush and a great deal of humanity. --Mary Fleming, author of The Art of Regret and Someone ElseA taut tale of love, war and politics... brings powerfully to life Paris and the P rigord, before and during WW2 and the Occupation. --Martin Walker, author of the Bruno detective series", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/2/95/724/440/2957244403_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.25", "online_price" : "14.25", "our_price" : "14.25", "club_price" : "14.25", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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