The Baker's Secret: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XDH52PN |
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| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Cindy Adair said Hope and survival. I enjoy historical fiction and find stories set during World War II particularly interesting. This book did not disappoint. A small, coastal town in France has been overtaken and occupied by German troops for years with the villagers starving and controlled by the occupying troops. One girl, Emma, is a baker and has been ordered to bake twelve loaves of bread each day for the Kammandant or face the penalty. She discovers. Beautiful story Sims Gamer A young girl fights daily to survive the nightmare of Nazi occupation in Normandy. Along with her survival she fights for the survival of her fellow villagers. A heroic daily battle by someone who never thinks of herself as a heroine, just as a survivor. Kiernan takes you on Emma's journey getting to know many of the villagers as they all struggle to survive the oppression. You feel as if you were walking beside her, fee. A Remarkable Story of Courage Carol A. Kiessig While there are numerous novels about this period of history this one resonates with stories of the oppressed and how they played a key part in keeping hope alive.
Under the cold, watchful eyes of armed soldiers, she builds a clandestine network of barter and trade that she and the villagers use to thwart their occupiers. Each day she receives an extra ration of flour to bake a dozen baguettes for the occupying troops. On June 5, 1944, as dawn rises over a small town on the Normandy coast of France, Emmanuelle is making the bread that has sustained her fellow villagers in the dark days since the Germans invaded her country. Only 22, Emma learned to bake at the side of a master, Ezra Kuchen, the village baker since before she was born. Apprenticed to Ezra at 13, Emma watched with shame and anger as her kind mentor was forced to wear the six-pointed yellow star on his clothing. She was likewise powerless to help when they pulled Ezra from his shop at gunpoint, the first of many villagers stolen away and never seen again. In the years that her sleepy coastal vil