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The Goose Road


2018. 384 S. 19.8 cm
Verlag/Jahr: WALKER BOOKS 2018
ISBN: 1-406-37167-X (140637167X)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-406-37167-3 (9781406371673)

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France 1916. Angélique is haymaking she hears the news: her father is dead, killed on a distant battlefield. She a promise: the farm will remain exactly the same until her brother returns from the Front. But a storm ruins the harvest, her mother falls ill and then the requisition appears... In a final attempt to save the farm, Angélique embarks on a journey across France with a flock of Toulouse geese.
France 1916. Angélique Lacroix is haymaking when the postman delivers the news: her father is dead, killed on a distant battlefield. She makes herself a promise: the farm will remain exactly the same until her beloved older brother comes home from the Front. "I think of it like a magical spell. If I can stop time, if nothing ever changes, then maybe he wont change either." But a storm ruins the harvest, her mother falls ill and then the requisition appears... In a last-ditch attempt to save the farm from bankruptcy, Angélique embarks on a journey across France with her brother´s flock of magnificent Toulouse geese.