The Olive Branch
A Tale of Resistance
What would you do if your country was occupied, collaborate with the new government or resist? Denise Dumont the protagonist in The Olive Branch answers this difficult question.
After landing a teaching post and marrying André Reynald, Denise faces a dilemma when the German army marches into Paris. The disruption of city services, bombing raids, and store closings, leaves her frightened and furious. She is livid when her aunt leaves her uncle and moves in with a German Colonel, witnesses the death of her husband, and courageously endures the lack of food, heat, and electricity. Denise, along with her friends, are slowly drawn into a budding Resistance movement.
After her parents are murdered, she becomes a more committed freedom fighter and while helping a Jewish family escape, she makes a powerful choice, which forever changes her life.
The Olive Branch demonstrates how ordinary citizens can face devastating situations with courage.
ISBN: 1-4137-3952-0
©2004 Linda A. Benoit-Bilodeau
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