false 29237863 527931 43944 1400096278 9781400096275 2461 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170240456m/43944.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170240456s/43944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43944.Suite_Fran_aise 3.73 11114 Suite Française tells the remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control. As Parisians flee the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is terrified at the thought of losing their jobs, even as their world begins to fall apart. Moving on to a provincial village now occupied by German soldiers, the locals must learn to coexist with the enemy—in their town, their homes, even in their hearts.

When Irène Némirovsky began working on Suite Française, she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, where she died. For sixty-four years, this novel remained hidden and unknown.]]> 22493 3.74 13167 3055 456401 3.74 11514 2556 2004 4 0 false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 04 13:48:56 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 03 16:27:45 -0800 2009 more...]]>