She doesn't think much before deciding or talking something and tends to follow her instincts. Isabelle is a heroine, she is smart, daring, enthusiastic but also heedless. This character is a sole evidence that even main characters can make mistakes as of how Vianne never believes Isabelle. At first, I didn't like her much due to the way she treated Isabelle but slowly we understand the struggles she is going through to protect both Isabelle and Vianne. Vianne is a typical strong mother who would do anything, I repeat anything to protect her daughter from the Nazi's. The story is narrated by an old and dying Vianne as a flashback she had never told anyone. This one is a masterpiece, it makes you laugh, cry and live with the characters as you read each and every chapters. With Vianne's only motive being to protect her daughter and Isabelle's patriotic self hating Vianne giving in to the Nazi's orders just like everyone else, the sisters must find a way to survive through this war and each other. They are completely different poles in characters which makes it more hard for them to live under one roof. They don't particularly hate each other but they also don't really like each other much. Stuck to survive together, Vianne and Isabelle have an estranged relationship ever since their mother died years ago. Along with the thousands of refugees Isabelle has to travel barefoot and that's when she bumps into Gaëtan, a handsome communist who manages to steal her first (true) kiss and her first heartbreak.
Isabelle Rosignol ( Vianne's younger sister) is a reckless young girl being transferred from many boarding schools because of her unbearable nature, is sent by her drunkard father from Paris to Carriveau when a sudden war breaks out in Paris.
One day, Antoine is ordered to report to the front leaving Vianne alone to protect her daughter and their home. Vianne Mauriac is a school teacher living in a small countryside along her childhood sweetheart and husband, Antoine and their daughter, Sophie. From west, We are all common to stories about men who served at the front during World War II, but in this book, we'll get to know about the battles women had to face every day to protect their children and family.
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