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Book Review of Five Quarters of the Orange

Five Quarters of the Orange


"The craftsmanship and emotional power of this novel...place Ms. Harris in the forefront of women writers." Richmond Times
The daughter of an infamous woman responsible for a tragedy during the German occupation returns anonymously to the small French village in which she was raised. The past and present are interwoven as the story unravels with surprising turns as her children are seduced into aiding the Germans in what to them is an almost innocent game with little thought of the dangers they are creating for everyone, especially the French Resistance.