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Book Review of Five Quarters of the Orange

Five Quarters of the Orange
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A great companion book! The Author offers a well organized presentation of the sequence of events during WWII. The town, the people, the children, and the German soldiers interact in a survival mode in this small town in France.

There is a intriguing theme of French cooking with Mother's journal in twined with family recipes.
Sibling rivalry and childhood antics are mini pulsates by the solders as the take advantage of the villages vulnerable widows, children, and the. Limited supply of luxuries.

This well written novel is a journey through a family and the next generation, the children,
and the effects of deprivation, loneliness, becoming of age, and greed.i