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A Chicken and a Candle - Couverture souple

Sanford, Suzanne

 
9780595531721: A Chicken and a Candle
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595531725 ISBN 13 : 9780595531721
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

A Chicken and a Candle is the memoir of the childhood and young adulthood of Suzanne Regnier, in France during the World War II and the immediate post war era. But it is more than just a memoir; it is the evocation of a unique period of European history, and a fascinating cast of characters that made up the world of the unique woman. Readers will meet Tonton Dede, her plump, terot card-reading grandmother; diminutive, politically-radical Memere Regnier, her other grandmother; Remi, her first love; Mrs. Vilbert, the tyrannical headmistress of the Pension de Fleurs; Suzanne's husband, Bob Sanford; her volatile step-mother; and perhaps most of all, her father. The result is an enchanting mélange of personalities who come alive in indelible portraits of humor, veniality, selfishness, and tender affection.The reader will also discover the disparate worlds of cosmopolitan and provincal France as the Regniers travel about the country during the traumatic German occupation of France, and the dramatic restructuring of postwar French society: Beauce, Provence, Aix, St. Leu, Chauvry, Chartres, the Riviera, and Paris. As Suzanne matures into an adolescent suffering from a temperamentally unpredictable step-mother and an emotionally distant father, she experience a bewildering life that fluctuates between loving acceptance and aloof rejection. Suzanne's description of her varied careers as governs to the children of one of France's wealthiest families, secretary, salesperson for a publisher, and translator at an American air base, where she met her future husband, reveals with subtle insight the complexity of human nature, with its combination of selfish mendacity compassionate tenderness.But most of all, A Chicken and a Candle is the touching flowering of a sensitive young woman, forged from a difficult childhood punctuated by a heart-rendering search for love and acceptance. As the story unfolds, the metaphorical significance of the title becomes apparent in Suzanne's ang

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A Chicken and a Candle is the memoir of the childhood and young adulthood of Suzanne Regnier, in France during the World War II and the immediate post war era. But it is more than just a memoir; it is the evocation of a unique period of European history, and a fascinating cast of characters that made up the world of the unique woman. Readers will meet Tonton Dede, her plump, terot card-reading grandmother; diminutive, politically-radical Memere Regnier, her other grandmother; Remi, her first love; Mrs. Vilbert, the tyrannical headmistress of the Pension de Fleurs; Suzanne's husband, Bob Sanford; her volatile step-mother; and perhaps most of all, her father. The result is an enchanting mélange of personalities who come alive in indelible portraits of humor, veniality, selfishness, and tender affection.The reader will also discover the disparate worlds of cosmopolitan and provincal France as the Regniers travel about the country during the traumatic German occupation of France, and the dramatic restructuring of postwar French society: Beauce, Provence, Aix, St. Leu, Chauvry, Chartres, the Riviera, and Paris. As Suzanne matures into an adolescent suffering from a temperamentally unpredictable step-mother and an emotionally distant father, she experience a bewildering life that fluctuates between loving acceptance and aloof rejection. Suzanne's description of her varied careers as governs to the children of one of France's wealthiest families, secretary, salesperson for a publisher, and translator at an American air base, where she met her future husband, reveals with subtle insight the complexity of human nature, with its combination of selfish mendacity compassionate tenderness.But most of all, A Chicken and a Candle is the touching flowering of a sensitive young woman, forged from a difficult childhood punctuated by a heart-rendering search for love and acceptance. As the story unfolds, the metaphorical significance of the title becomes apparent in Suzanne's ang

Biographie de l'auteur

Suzanne Sanford was born in Paris, France on August 20, 1932. She, her beloved husband Bob, and their four children traveled and lived in France, England, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan. They retired to California and settled first in San Juan Capistrano and later in Lake Elsinore, where she lives now close to her children.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595531725
ISBN 13 
9780595531721
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
360
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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