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It's 1944 and Theo Cazalle is returning to the family he left in Bonnemort, an estate deep in the French countryside, when he went off to fight with the Free French. Memories of Bonnemort have sustained him through four years of war, but when at last he comes home, he finds his world in tatters. The house has been abandoned, a family servant has been shot, Theo's wife has been accused of collaborating, and a Nazi officer has been found dead in front of Bonnemort's front gate. To save his sanity, Theo must restore order to Bonnemort, but first he must understand the disorder into which it has fallen. Is his wife a whore? A murderer? Or could there be another alternative?
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jeffrey racine
reviewed Good Death on December 14, 2019
Good Death
Theo Cazalle returns to his home in the French countryside in 1944, after serving with the Free French a few years before. Very little is the same, however. The Germans had occupied the area and had lived in his family home while his wife and child and visiting child moved to a nearby building. His wife, Ariane, was beautiful and had attracted the attention of the German leading the occupation. When Theo returned some were saying she was a collaborator. Was she?
In this book the war times and the after-war times are intertwined so that we gradually figure out what went on during those years. As important as Adriane are her two charges, Sabine and Suzie. Sabine is her daughter while Suzie is the daughter of friends from another part of France, who are very ill.
Sabine and Suzie grow into their early teens together and are seen as close. However, Sabine controls their relationship, ordering Suzie around and managing all of their activities.
Meanwhile, the family caretaker, Henri, has joined the resistance. He is cautious and circumspect so that of course not everyone knows. His wife is not happy with the situation as it threatens their lives.
Adriane is drawn into the web of conspiracies among the Germans, the Free French, and the Resistance. Is she part of any of them? Does she have feelings for the German officer? Theo doggedly seeks out the answer.
An interesting perspective of the French after and during WWII. Always it is useful to learn a little more about this period, as experienced by those in other countries.
I was a bit put off by Sabine's personality as presented here. I did not want to buy it. I believe that people often attribute base motives to others without finding out what the real motives are, and it seemed odd to me that Sabine would spring from good parents and caretakers to become so cruel. Cruelty had been inflicted on her but not by everyone. I would have appreciated a more nuanced character.
Altogether a good story with much to think about. And a bit of a mystery to be sure.
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