From Kirsty Manning author of The Song of the Jade Lily comes a gripping World War II set
historical novel about murder secrets and survival. A forgotten manuscript that threatens to
unravel the past... Fresne Prison 1940: A former maid at a luxury villa on the Riviera Margot
Bisset finds herself in a prison cell with writer and French Resistance fighter Joséphine
Murant. Together they are transferred to a work camp in Germany for four years where the
secrets they share will bind them for generations to come. Paris around about now: Evie Black
lives in Paris with her teenage son Hugo above her botanical bookshop La Maison Rustique.
Life would be so sweet if only Evie were not mourning the great love of her life. When a letter
arrives regarding the legacy of her husband's great-aunt Joséphine Murant Evie clutches at an
opportunity to spend one last magical summer with her son. They travel together to Joséphine's
house now theirs on the Côte d'Azur. Here Evie unravels the official story of this famous
novelist and the truth of a murder a lifetime ago. Along the way she will discover the
little-known true story of the women who were enslaved by German forces in WWII. Bringing
together the present and the past The French Gift is a tender and heartbreaking story of
female friendship sacrifice and loss and the promise of new love.
