On the cover, a beautiful old lady laughs in a wicker chair;
title, an address, full of poetry.
That's enough to make you want to open a book.
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From the outset, we are introduced to a house nestled in the hollow of the greenery, in Sèvres, in the Parisian suburbs.
This is where Hélène Millerand grew up and made memories.
Perfumes and colors of childhood.
Then the little girl became a woman, she published a few books including the delicious
Gauchère
.
It's post-war, life is not easy but one certainty does not leave them: to hell with comfort!
Jacques Millerand, his wife and their four daughters are the protagonists of this story.
It's post-war, life is not easy but one certainty does not leave them: to hell with comfort!
They settled in a rustic house in 1945. As the days went by, life took on new colors after the tragedy: Mrs. Millerand was born Lazard and her father died in deportation.
On the paternal side, we descend from Alexandre Millerand, a name that is lost in our memories on the side of Briand and Deschanel.
The family now lives...
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