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Through the Window
1976, Patrick, a dad of three children, John, Peter, and Annie, vanishes one day and never comes back. His wife and children will have to cope with his disappearance. Yet, some day, when an old house is being sold, a secret comes out, tongues are loosened, and the children get to know why their father went away. Life and years fly by as we get to know the family, and share their small and bigger worries. The wife wants to forget, if not forgive; the sister builds a new life far away. But the children decide they have to know where their father is. Will they succeed in their quest? This story tells us how they will live their lives despite him. Or maybe because of him?
190 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 4, 2018
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Annick D. Arnaud
1 book5 followersAnnick Arnaud retired from teaching and began to indulge her writing self by using the language in which she fell in love: English.
Her favorite activities include building stories for her three darling grandchildren. She also loves walking her dog along the Rhône River while viewing the skyline of the Alps, caring for her sister Cathy's horses, traveling, and working on her novels.
Annick is an active member in a community of writers that came together in 2015. After taking a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) presented by the University of Iowa, this international group of fiction writers developed by sharing feedback, using deadlines in two-week cycles.
Her first published novel—a family saga titled Through the Window—is currently available on Amazon and many other popular platforms.
Annick says, “Family relationships are a great topic. Each family character hides her/his secret world...and finally lets you in. I love to write character-driven stories.”
Her favorite activities include building stories for her three darling grandchildren. She also loves walking her dog along the Rhône River while viewing the skyline of the Alps, caring for her sister Cathy's horses, traveling, and working on her novels.
Annick is an active member in a community of writers that came together in 2015. After taking a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) presented by the University of Iowa, this international group of fiction writers developed by sharing feedback, using deadlines in two-week cycles.
Her first published novel—a family saga titled Through the Window—is currently available on Amazon and many other popular platforms.
Annick says, “Family relationships are a great topic. Each family character hides her/his secret world...and finally lets you in. I love to write character-driven stories.”
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January 11, 2025
Gently examining how a betrayal can rip a family apart, Arnaud also shows the reader that past bitterness can be overcome. When Annie was very young some mysterious event tore her family in pieces. She was heartbroken but never understood. Helping her mother move twenty years later, she discovers a journal hidden in an old wardrobe. It reveals her family's shocking secret, the reason behind their estrangement.
Annie begins a quest to set things right again, but she encounters many emotional barriers along the way. The story is so appealing because all the characters grab the heart of the reader - even the betrayers. And the ending is quite unexpected.
Annie begins a quest to set things right again, but she encounters many emotional barriers along the way. The story is so appealing because all the characters grab the heart of the reader - even the betrayers. And the ending is quite unexpected.
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