The Award: A Novel

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The Award: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢ Capturing historical events, terrifying moments of danger, tragedy, the price of war, and the invincible spirit of a woman of honor, The Award is a monumental tale from one of our most gifted storytellersâ€”Danielle Steelâ€™s finest, most emotionally resonant novel yet.

GaÃ«lle de Barbet is sixteen years old in 1940 when the German army occupies France and frightening changes begin to occur. She is shocked and powerless when French gendarmes take away her closest friend, Rebekah Feldmann, and her family for deportation to an unknown, ominous fate.

The local German military commandant makes GaÃ«lleâ€™s family estate outside Lyon into his headquarters. Her father and brother are killed by the Germans; her mother fades away into madness. Trusted friends and employees become traitors. And GaÃ«lle begins a perilous journey with the French Resistance, hoping to save lives to make up for the beloved friend she could do nothing to help.

Taking terrifying risks, GaÃ«lle becomes a valuable member of the Resistance, fearlessly delivering Jewish children to safety under the eyes of the Gestapo and their French collaborators. Then she is suddenly approached by the German commandant with an astonishing, dangerous plan to save part of Franceâ€™s artistic heritage. Conducted in secret, flawlessly carried out, her missions will mark her for years, when she is falsely accused of collaboration at the end of the war. Orphaned and alone, she begins a new life in Paris, with the ghosts of the past always close at hand.

GaÃ«lleâ€™s life will take her from Paris to New York, from a career as a Dior model to marriage and motherhood, unbearable loss, and mature, lasting love. She returns to Paris to run a small museum, honoring victims of the Holocaust. But her label as a collaborator remains, until her granddaughter, a respected political journalist, ensures that her grandmotherâ€™s brave acts are recognized. Now a grateful nation will finally absolve this remarkable woman and honor her as the war hero she was.

Country	USA
Author	Danielle Steel
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781101883860
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Delacorte Press
Manufacturer	Delacorte Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	338
PublicationDate	2016-11-01
Publisher	Delacorte Press
ReleaseDate	2016-11-01
Studio	Delacorte Press

The Award: A Novel

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