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Final Transgression: One Woman’s Tragic Destiny in War-torn France
Spring 1944: Betrayed by her collaborationist husband, Séverine Sevanot travels from Paris to her beloved hometown in southwest France. Séverine’s friends and family have urged her not to go: the region is a tinderbox where the French are fighting not only the Nazis, but their own countrymen who support the pro-German Vichy regime. Séverine ignores the advice. She always does exactly what she wants.
Summer 1994: To mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day, an American reporter interviews 85-year-old Caroline Aubry, Séverine’s sister. Caroline tells of fleeing the Germans by taking to the road in May 1940, then returning to a Paris that has been overrun by Germans flirting with young French girls, playing oom-pah band music in the parks, and imposing strict rationing on the city while keeping the best food and wine for themselves.
What Caroline omits is a story she has never revealed, even to her son Félix. Now, though, unsettled by the interview and the memories it evokes, Caroline decides that it is time for Félix to learn the secrets of the past…
"A gripping, beautifully written novel about love and betrayal." ––Lynne Olson, New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War
"A vigorous and compelling tale." ––Robert O. Paxton, author of Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order
"Elegant and often moving." ––Alan Riding, author of And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-occupied Paris
"Final Transgression succeeds admirably in edifying while moving its readers." ––Ronald C. Rosbottom, author of When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light under German Occupation 1940-1944
"Harriet Welty Rochefort paints this complex tableau of war in France with a fine brush and a great deal of humanity." ––Mary Fleming, author of The Art of Regret and Someone Else
"A taut tale of love, war and politics... brings powerfully to life Paris and the Périgord, before and during WW2 and the Occupation." ––Martin Walker, author of the Bruno detective series
Summer 1994: To mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day, an American reporter interviews 85-year-old Caroline Aubry, Séverine’s sister. Caroline tells of fleeing the Germans by taking to the road in May 1940, then returning to a Paris that has been overrun by Germans flirting with young French girls, playing oom-pah band music in the parks, and imposing strict rationing on the city while keeping the best food and wine for themselves.
What Caroline omits is a story she has never revealed, even to her son Félix. Now, though, unsettled by the interview and the memories it evokes, Caroline decides that it is time for Félix to learn the secrets of the past…
"A gripping, beautifully written novel about love and betrayal." ––Lynne Olson, New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War
"A vigorous and compelling tale." ––Robert O. Paxton, author of Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order
"Elegant and often moving." ––Alan Riding, author of And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-occupied Paris
"Final Transgression succeeds admirably in edifying while moving its readers." ––Ronald C. Rosbottom, author of When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light under German Occupation 1940-1944
"Harriet Welty Rochefort paints this complex tableau of war in France with a fine brush and a great deal of humanity." ––Mary Fleming, author of The Art of Regret and Someone Else
"A taut tale of love, war and politics... brings powerfully to life Paris and the Périgord, before and during WW2 and the Occupation." ––Martin Walker, author of the Bruno detective series
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First published June 1, 2020
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Harriet Welty Rochefort
10 books13 followersA French-American dual citizen, I live with my French husband, Philippe, in the trendy east of Paris . Our garden apartment boasts a tiny lawn just big enough to mow and a fig tree that has miraculously defied both Paris weather and pollution.
As a real Parisienne (I have now lived in France far longer than in the States), I love and regularly haunt cafés in all parts of Paris. Large portions of Final Transgression were written in the café shown in the picture of me above (Les Foudres, Place Martin Nadaud in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, not far from the famous Père Lachaise cemetery and our apartment).
For a comprehensive look at life in France, visit Philippe’s site: www.understandfrance.org.
And, of course, read my books!
As a real Parisienne (I have now lived in France far longer than in the States), I love and regularly haunt cafés in all parts of Paris. Large portions of Final Transgression were written in the café shown in the picture of me above (Les Foudres, Place Martin Nadaud in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, not far from the famous Père Lachaise cemetery and our apartment).
For a comprehensive look at life in France, visit Philippe’s site: www.understandfrance.org.
And, of course, read my books!
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November 19, 2021This book is supposed to be about France / WWII and the resistance.
I am 125 pages in and I haven’t got to that part yet. (??)
The author seems preoccupied with class distinctions and I am not. So far it is the dominant theme of the book.
I am 125 pages in and I haven’t got to that part yet. (??)
The author seems preoccupied with class distinctions and I am not. So far it is the dominant theme of the book.
June 25, 2020
I have long been fascinated by France during World War II, particularly by the Resistance in Provence. But I haven't done more than visit the Jean Moulin Museum in Paris and read plaques in various Provençal towns, honoring members of the Resistance who lost their lives to the Nazis and their French collaborators. I couldn't have asked for a better introduction to that period of French history than Harriet Welty Rochefort's compelling novel, Final Transgression, set in Périgord (Southwestern France) and Paris.
As I neared the end of the book, I slowed down, not wanting to arrive at the scene of the final transgression, dreading, but not knowing, what would happen. But this book is more than its final heart stopping pages.
While it is a book about the political realities of World War II France, it is also very timely and speaks to our current class struggles. I became painfully aware of how deeply entrenched class was in France, but still is in this unfair world of ours. Questions of the class to which one was born and its ramifications throughout the rest of life, questions of class envy, questions of resentments and violence connected with the class of others and one's own are central to the narrative and to the final tragic destiny of the protagonist, Séverine Aubry, a woman who is headstrong and "always does what she wants," a woman about whom one could say, "nevertheless, she persisted."
And that brings me to the characters, all richly drawn and entirely believable and complete ... Séverine, striking in every way; her more low-keyed and serious, but nonetheless talented sister, Caroline; their parents, Robert and Germaine, who know their place as servants to the wealthy; Paul Moreau, Séverine's childhood friend and soulmate, compassionate doctor, and member of the Resistance; his mother and father Huguette and Georges; his wife Juliette; Séverine's pro-Vichy husband Antoine; Luc, who admired Séverine from afar during childhood and beyond; and the Countess Gisele, Séverine's mentor and anchor of the town in which she grew up and to which she ultimately returned after the Paris years. Even the minor characters have depth and integrity. And the scenes are also richly drawn ... the church at Sainte-Eulalie, the castle in Sorignac, Séverine and Antoine's Paris apartment overlooking the Luxembourg Gardens, and Paris itself, in all of its splendor, the perfect detailing of which one would expect from an author intimately familiar with the city. It is a story of two wars ... make that three ... the legacy of World War I, the grim reality of World War II ... and the characters' interior wars. And the German military are a palpable presence throughout the final third of the skillfully structured book.
Final Transgression is a haunting read, a book about love and betrayal, and the impact of class and war on a life's trajectory. It would make a great book club selection.
As I neared the end of the book, I slowed down, not wanting to arrive at the scene of the final transgression, dreading, but not knowing, what would happen. But this book is more than its final heart stopping pages.
While it is a book about the political realities of World War II France, it is also very timely and speaks to our current class struggles. I became painfully aware of how deeply entrenched class was in France, but still is in this unfair world of ours. Questions of the class to which one was born and its ramifications throughout the rest of life, questions of class envy, questions of resentments and violence connected with the class of others and one's own are central to the narrative and to the final tragic destiny of the protagonist, Séverine Aubry, a woman who is headstrong and "always does what she wants," a woman about whom one could say, "nevertheless, she persisted."
And that brings me to the characters, all richly drawn and entirely believable and complete ... Séverine, striking in every way; her more low-keyed and serious, but nonetheless talented sister, Caroline; their parents, Robert and Germaine, who know their place as servants to the wealthy; Paul Moreau, Séverine's childhood friend and soulmate, compassionate doctor, and member of the Resistance; his mother and father Huguette and Georges; his wife Juliette; Séverine's pro-Vichy husband Antoine; Luc, who admired Séverine from afar during childhood and beyond; and the Countess Gisele, Séverine's mentor and anchor of the town in which she grew up and to which she ultimately returned after the Paris years. Even the minor characters have depth and integrity. And the scenes are also richly drawn ... the church at Sainte-Eulalie, the castle in Sorignac, Séverine and Antoine's Paris apartment overlooking the Luxembourg Gardens, and Paris itself, in all of its splendor, the perfect detailing of which one would expect from an author intimately familiar with the city. It is a story of two wars ... make that three ... the legacy of World War I, the grim reality of World War II ... and the characters' interior wars. And the German military are a palpable presence throughout the final third of the skillfully structured book.
Final Transgression is a haunting read, a book about love and betrayal, and the impact of class and war on a life's trajectory. It would make a great book club selection.
April 14, 2021
After an interminable wait of months and months and months, we finally got hold of a print copy of Harriet Welty Rochefort's fabulous new novel, FINAL TRANSGRESSION... Covid and the Italian post office are the main reason(s) it took so long... my seeing-eye wife then read the book to me and we took our time because we didn't want the tale to end. It was so well done!
Not that it was an easy or uplifting book to read, in part because, as dual-nationals w/ a multi-decade attachment to France, we know the country and the natives and the history rather well... and we thought we knew everything there was to know about the Occupation, the heroic Resistance, the role of collaborateurs or collabo' as they are sometimes referred to.
Final Transgression surprised us on several levels. As a fellow American novelist writing in (American) English, I know only too well that most American readers don't know much about the period or the nuances of what happened in France (and in Europe in general) in WW Two. Most readers seek confirmation of the myths--the evil Nazis and Fascists, the tough, determined, heroic, self-sacrificing Resistance, etc... The Nazis and Fascists were evil, that's for sure, and their contemporary counterparts are too... but that's not the point.
Most people want to like and admire the French of the period, their descendants and their beautiful country. So it takes courage to give a slightly different take, which Welty-Rochefort does with skill and sensitivity.
The characters come to life and not all of them are lovable or even likable. This, too, takes courage: editors and publishers and readers clamor for likable people. But life isn't like that, is it? And the history of that period in particular is full of examples of truly hideous specimens of humanity on both sides of the line.
I loved the evocations of Paris and the Southwest, the village where the anti-heroine winds up... It's hard to write more about the book without giving things away. Read this excellent novel and find out for yourselves! Like many readers of Final Transgression, I have encouraged the author to write another novel. I hope she does--soon!
Not that it was an easy or uplifting book to read, in part because, as dual-nationals w/ a multi-decade attachment to France, we know the country and the natives and the history rather well... and we thought we knew everything there was to know about the Occupation, the heroic Resistance, the role of collaborateurs or collabo' as they are sometimes referred to.
Final Transgression surprised us on several levels. As a fellow American novelist writing in (American) English, I know only too well that most American readers don't know much about the period or the nuances of what happened in France (and in Europe in general) in WW Two. Most readers seek confirmation of the myths--the evil Nazis and Fascists, the tough, determined, heroic, self-sacrificing Resistance, etc... The Nazis and Fascists were evil, that's for sure, and their contemporary counterparts are too... but that's not the point.
Most people want to like and admire the French of the period, their descendants and their beautiful country. So it takes courage to give a slightly different take, which Welty-Rochefort does with skill and sensitivity.
The characters come to life and not all of them are lovable or even likable. This, too, takes courage: editors and publishers and readers clamor for likable people. But life isn't like that, is it? And the history of that period in particular is full of examples of truly hideous specimens of humanity on both sides of the line.
I loved the evocations of Paris and the Southwest, the village where the anti-heroine winds up... It's hard to write more about the book without giving things away. Read this excellent novel and find out for yourselves! Like many readers of Final Transgression, I have encouraged the author to write another novel. I hope she does--soon!
February 19, 2021
I was lucky enough to chat with Harriet over a virtual book tour and learn about this fantastic book! I could not put it down! I have always been a fan of French history but especially during the time of the occupation. I had mostly read, only about Paris history during this time, but I love how Harriet gives the reader access to not the complex relationship of social classes in France and what was happening in the countryside vs the city. I also loved learning about resistance heroes, communists, and how the war affected different people. It gives so much insight into the lives of ordinary people and helps you put yourself in their shoes as if you lived it with them! The plot is complex, the characters are well written and fascinating, and the book keeps you wanting more. I was sad for it to end with so many twists and turns. I hope Harriet will continue to write wonderful books!
September 15, 2020
Final Transgression seamlessly wove together many different genres- historical fiction, romance, drama and beyond. I have always been a huge fan of Harriet Welty Rochefort's witty writing style and I devoured her first three nonfiction books in only a few sittings. My prior knowledge of Harriet's work only gave me a deeper appreciation for Final Transgression though because Final Transgression, her first novel, enlightened me to what an amazing range Harriet possesses. Harriet's previous works were rather lighthearted and full of anecdotes that make you giggle and scratch your head, but Final Transgression is a total 180 change with a serious and at times grim tone that Harriet manages so skillfully. I truly can not wait for Harriet to continue her career in fiction writing and I would recommend this book to any literary lover, especially those who love historical fiction.
June 28, 2020
Not being mother-tongue English/American, and lacking vocabulary, my comment will be extremely short : don't wait and read Final Transgression!
I found reading this novel in English was unexpectedly comfortable ; the language is clear, well balanced, descriptive, explanatory, precise (I only had to check a dozen of terms!) ; though being French, I liked that there were not too many occurrences of french words in italics (there is a short glossary, and an historical timeline, both very effective). The construction is clever and clear, smoothly weaved with flashbacks, with a dramatic progression that keeps you unsure till the end, although prescient of the possible final outcome. Based on a true character, transposed, Harriet Rochefort enlivens a high-spirited, touching and lovable heroine that stays long on your mind. You wont' forget Severine! A heart touching love story in a beautifully depicted historical context.
I found reading this novel in English was unexpectedly comfortable ; the language is clear, well balanced, descriptive, explanatory, precise (I only had to check a dozen of terms!) ; though being French, I liked that there were not too many occurrences of french words in italics (there is a short glossary, and an historical timeline, both very effective). The construction is clever and clear, smoothly weaved with flashbacks, with a dramatic progression that keeps you unsure till the end, although prescient of the possible final outcome. Based on a true character, transposed, Harriet Rochefort enlivens a high-spirited, touching and lovable heroine that stays long on your mind. You wont' forget Severine! A heart touching love story in a beautifully depicted historical context.
December 29, 2020
The author gave a few new insights about incidents during the WW11 of the characters in a small French village and intermixed it with happenings in Paris. It was a fast read. Luc was not quite as developed as I would have liked. I appreciated her bibliography, glossary and timeline of historical events at the end. These things are often omitted in fiction writing, but it was thoughtful of author to include this.
August 3, 2020
This book is excellently written and gives a good description both of differences between different social classes in France and the conflicts between communists , resistance members and ordinary people in France during the war .
September 23, 2020
The dangers of following without thinking
Final Transgression dissects brilliantly how the German occupation and its terrors and hardships affected the French at all levels, from the countess to the concierge.
Even for someone who has spent uncounted hours probing World War II French history, not to mention months exploring the country over forty years, Final Transgression is one of the few books that have conveyed to me a clear understanding of what it was like to live at that time.
Harriet Welty Rochefort’s pretty, charming, and virginal protagonist, Séverine Sevanot (née Aubry), illustrates the traps that can ambush a young person hellbent on improving her life without a good grasp of the risks. Even in our time, a Séverine would face similar perils if she met a wealthy and titled mentor who succeeded in raising her consciousness and her social status— but just a bit more than experience equipped her to handle. But in the thirties the social classes were fixed, and to stray outside the guardrails of your own class was both difficult and fraught with risk.
In addition, Séverine’s judgment in men wasn’t good. That’s a pretty common failing, but in her case it set in motion the sad sequence of events that led remorselessly, although not necessarily, to the Final Transgression.
Séverine found a husband of sufficient wealth and social standing. He was a fighter ace and genuine war hero—but from the First War, not the Second, and when Vichy came he listened willingly to the siren song of Petain. He was far from the only one. See, for example, the series “A French Village” (Un Village Français, with English subtitles) on Amazon Prime.
Final Transgression is set in Paris and in central France east of Bordeaux, a heavily forested region where there was considerable Resistance action. The landmark in both location and time is Oradour-sur-Glane, the village that entered forever into myth and history the day the German armored division Das Reich murdered 600 local citizens four days after D-Day.
This book was an enjoyable read. I read it once for the story, which was well developed and smoothly written, a trademark of this author’s writing, then a second time to get a better feeling for its historical aspects. I may even have picked up an idea or two for my own books.
Harriet Welty Rochefort moved from Iowa to Paris after college and stayed. Her other books about the French are well known in a different genre, and time invested in reading them is time well spent. I promise. I’ve read them all and hope she has another one in the works.
Final Transgression dissects brilliantly how the German occupation and its terrors and hardships affected the French at all levels, from the countess to the concierge.
Even for someone who has spent uncounted hours probing World War II French history, not to mention months exploring the country over forty years, Final Transgression is one of the few books that have conveyed to me a clear understanding of what it was like to live at that time.
Harriet Welty Rochefort’s pretty, charming, and virginal protagonist, Séverine Sevanot (née Aubry), illustrates the traps that can ambush a young person hellbent on improving her life without a good grasp of the risks. Even in our time, a Séverine would face similar perils if she met a wealthy and titled mentor who succeeded in raising her consciousness and her social status— but just a bit more than experience equipped her to handle. But in the thirties the social classes were fixed, and to stray outside the guardrails of your own class was both difficult and fraught with risk.
In addition, Séverine’s judgment in men wasn’t good. That’s a pretty common failing, but in her case it set in motion the sad sequence of events that led remorselessly, although not necessarily, to the Final Transgression.
Séverine found a husband of sufficient wealth and social standing. He was a fighter ace and genuine war hero—but from the First War, not the Second, and when Vichy came he listened willingly to the siren song of Petain. He was far from the only one. See, for example, the series “A French Village” (Un Village Français, with English subtitles) on Amazon Prime.
Final Transgression is set in Paris and in central France east of Bordeaux, a heavily forested region where there was considerable Resistance action. The landmark in both location and time is Oradour-sur-Glane, the village that entered forever into myth and history the day the German armored division Das Reich murdered 600 local citizens four days after D-Day.
This book was an enjoyable read. I read it once for the story, which was well developed and smoothly written, a trademark of this author’s writing, then a second time to get a better feeling for its historical aspects. I may even have picked up an idea or two for my own books.
Harriet Welty Rochefort moved from Iowa to Paris after college and stayed. Her other books about the French are well known in a different genre, and time invested in reading them is time well spent. I promise. I’ve read them all and hope she has another one in the works.
January 12, 2021
In an odd confluence of circumstances, I’ve recently read three accounts of Germany’s occupation of WWII France and the underground Resistance movement that fought back – two novels and a gripping non-fiction account of the woman who led the largest Resistance cell. I was particularly impressed with Harriet Welty Rochefort’s novel, Final Transgression, with its complex plot, well-crafted characters, and suspenseful twists and turns.
The strength of Ms. Rochefort’s novel is more than the thriller plot and interesting characters. It rests on the historical foundation of how complex the political situation was during the German occupation of France in WWII. The country was also divided, with Petain’s Vichy government nominally governing its center and large portions north and south left under occupied local control.
Contrary to popular belief, the Resistance was not unified. Patriots loyal to de Gaulle’s exiled government (Free French Forces) were at odds with Communist resisters intent on rooting out Vichy traitors, their divided allegiances highlighting an underlying class warfare. Ms. Rochefort does an excellent job of laying this all out in a compelling story of love, family, and betrayal.
This tense period in French history has particular resonance today in view of the political struggles in our own country. Class warfare, economic inequality, political division and score-settling are present here as they were in wartime France.
It is notable that the cover of Final Transgression includes the following quote, “A gripping, beautifully written novel about love and betrayal” by Lynne Olson, author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War, the non-fiction work mentioned in my first paragraph. I couldn’t agree more.
The strength of Ms. Rochefort’s novel is more than the thriller plot and interesting characters. It rests on the historical foundation of how complex the political situation was during the German occupation of France in WWII. The country was also divided, with Petain’s Vichy government nominally governing its center and large portions north and south left under occupied local control.
Contrary to popular belief, the Resistance was not unified. Patriots loyal to de Gaulle’s exiled government (Free French Forces) were at odds with Communist resisters intent on rooting out Vichy traitors, their divided allegiances highlighting an underlying class warfare. Ms. Rochefort does an excellent job of laying this all out in a compelling story of love, family, and betrayal.
This tense period in French history has particular resonance today in view of the political struggles in our own country. Class warfare, economic inequality, political division and score-settling are present here as they were in wartime France.
It is notable that the cover of Final Transgression includes the following quote, “A gripping, beautifully written novel about love and betrayal” by Lynne Olson, author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War, the non-fiction work mentioned in my first paragraph. I couldn’t agree more.
June 27, 2020
A beautiful intelligent young woman, through character, courage and conviction, rises from her modest status to the center of a magical life in Paris. And then . . . . things happen. This story will enchant its readers with its intimate view of French culture between the wars and then sober them with its account of the Dantean struggle for wartime survival. The occupying Germans, the collaborating French and the resisting French ask for and give no quarter in their climactic fight, and innocents are not spared. Yet in this maelstrom, our characters hope, believe, love, betray and take revenge. Harriet Welty Rochefort, an American woman with a French family and living in France since 1971, is perfectly placed to interpret to Americans modern French culture at its height and modern French history at its nadir. It will not be possible to finally put this book down without reflecting on what happens to a great country when it collapses and imagining what it takes to gain once more its place in the sun. Final Transgression will make a wonderful discussion or book club choice and offers many opportunities to ask - and try to answer - the "what if" questions that life brings to us all.
September 15, 2020
I have long been a historical fiction. nut and I must say that Final Transgression has become one of my all time favorites from the genre! Most of my WWII reading lately has centered around a female protagonist but I noticed the novels starting to all blur together in their general plot lines, but Final Transgression. surely broke that mold. I really enjoyed the simple desires of the main character, Severine. Most WWII historical fiction books that I have read were totally focused on these amazingly heroic women, but Harriet decided to take her novel in a different route by focusing on a woman with rather ordinary goals, the main one being a child of her own. At first I was wary of following a protaganist who wasn't necessarily a hero, but I was very pleasantly surprised by how compelling Severine's naivety and quest for family were. I would definitely recommend this book to any fellow historical fiction junkies!
March 17, 2021
Here are some questions about Harriet Welty Rochefort's new novel Final Transgression :
Is this an erudite historical, political, and sociological look at the France of the inter-war years, or of France as it endured the Nazi occupation ?
Is this a colorful presentation of French mores and civilization, including of course its fashion, Parisian life, its picturesque villages, its gastronomy ?
Is this the engaging portrayal and analysis of several profound friendships and love affairs, which were fulfilled, or frustrated through misfortune, or misunderstandings and missed opportunities ?
Is it an examination of family relationships, conflicts, unspoken feelings and secrets, or of joyous and touching shared moments ?
As the last direct survivors of those troubled and troubling times increasingly disappear, Final Transgression stands today as an exceedingly readable, informative and deeply moving presentation of all of the above.
February 20, 2021
I had heard author Harriet Welty Rochefort speak about her book and was instantly intrigued. She spent years researching and working on it and it shows through her thorough descriptions. Most novels on WWII take place exclusively during the war years, but the author instead laid an excellent foundation for the lead up to the war, starting back in the 20s. This allows readers to have a better grasp of the various motives that led different types of people to act the way they did, and not always admirably, during the war. I felt like I truly understood not only the characters but also France at the era. I didn't want the riveting story to end! Bravo Harriet! I'm looking forward to your next novels!
September 15, 2020
I flew through Final Transgression in a few short days. The story hooks you in from the beginning and the descriptions are so vivid that I felt as though I could picture the entire estate that the main character grew up on. The characters were layered and incredibly developed which gave me a great deal of empathy for the various paths that each one of them chose. Very rarely do you get attached to that many characters in a story, but Final Transgression did a stellar job of avoiding black and white depictions of good and evil and creating a story riddled with characters that are both lovable and frustrating.
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August 23, 2020This was a wonderful book about some fascinating characters set in Paris and Southwest France during World War II. Despite having read several books set in this time frame, I learned quite a bit about the effect of war on the ordinary citizens of France, the resistance and collaborators. The characters all really came to life as they were so fully developed. It was hard to put the book down as I always wanted to know more and I was disappointed (and surprised) when it ended. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in WWII, Paris, France or just a really good book.
February 25, 2021
A gripping tale of WWII with modern implications, "Final Transgression" lacks only a marketable title. With clever insight and obvious historical research, this novel about the effect of 20th century political decisions on everyone's daily lives becomes a page-turner as it progresses. Only a lack of sexual detail makes you rely on your imagination. The rest is perfectly clear, and disaster is in the offing. Read on, dear Reader!
Gretchen Robert
Gretchen Robert
December 1, 2020
I gave up half way. I thought this was a story set in france during WW2. Yet 3/4 of the first part of the book occurs in the 20’s. Very disappointing.
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