THE GOOSE ROAD

• Date de parution : 01/04/2018
• Editeur : Walker Books
• EAN : 9781406371673
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : 374
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : (-)
• Thème : Jeunesse
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

FRANCE 1916. ANGÉLIQUE LACROIX IS HAYMAKING WHEN THE POSTMAN DELIVERS THE NEWS: HER FATHER IS DEAD, KILLED ON A DISTANT BATTLEFIELD. SHE MAKES HERSELF A PROMISE: THE FARM WILL REMAIN EXACTLY THE SAME UNTIL HER BELOVED OLDER BROTHER COMES HOME FROM THE FRONT. "I THINK OF IT LIKE A MAGICAL SPELL.... Voir plus

FRANCE 1916. ANGÉLIQUE LACROIX IS HAYMAKING WHEN THE POSTMAN DELIVERS THE NEWS: HER FATHER IS DEAD, KILLED ON A DISTANT BATTLEFIELD. SHE MAKES HERSELF A PROMISE: THE FARM WILL REMAIN EXACTLY THE SAME UNTIL HER BELOVED OLDER BROTHER COMES HOME FROM THE FRONT. "I THINK OF IT LIKE A MAGICAL SPELL. IF I CAN STOP TIME, IF NOTHING EVER CHANGES, THEN MAYBE HE WON T CHANGE EITHER." BUT A STORM RUINS THE HARVEST, HER MOTHER FALLS ILL AND THEN THE REQUISITION APPEARS... IN A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE FARM FROM BANKRUPTCY, ANGÉLIQUE EMBARKS ON A JOURNEY ACROSS FRANCE WITH HER BROTHER'S FLOCK OF MAGNIFICENT TOULOUSE GEESE.