Madame Barbara
Helen Forrester
A wonderful new novel from Liverpool’s best-loved author. A tale of loss and love set in post-Second World War England and France.This is the story of a young Liverpool woman widowed in the Second World War before she can know the happiness of having a family. With the blessing of her mother, with whom she runs a B&B, she goes to Normandy to see where her husband was killed in the D-Day landings. Once she is there, she meets an impoverished French poultry farmer, now reduced to driving a beaten up (and still rare) taxi and looking after his old mother and dying brother. Will these two find happiness together?A touching love story, a compelling portrayal of the aftermath of war and above all a testament to the courage and endurance of oridinary people, Madame Barbara will delight Helen Forrester’s countless fans.
HELEN FORRESTER
MADAME BARBARA
Dedication (#ulink_48148a8b-2a88-5691-8f84-ce36c314b15f)
To the memory ofPrivate Kenneth Andrew Pagett,5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment,killed in action in the battle for Caen,July 1944.
Epigraph (#ulink_abbbe389-6e68-5916-9bb0-5f8affb1aa34)
From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Isaiah 34:10
Contents
Cover (#ued5809e2-c835-5ce6-bd3d-2f7aacda47c7)
Title Page (#uc3683c19-e1e7-53c0-8f21-ccb5b6f9c43e)
Dedication (#ud320dffc-1b17-511f-b06f-37cbfd2865bf)
Epigraph (#uf40de233-dc5a-56a0-af5e-933b7ffffea8)
Chapter One (#u10bc40d8-0b29-5652-9d9f-f967db6b2d4e)
Chapter Two (#ud598fa79-baa5-53ce-bf55-a50bf0c8d144)
Chapter Three (#uf2908308-77c1-5da5-a1b9-7645bd560ed2)
Chapter Four (#u4cc6cb10-4eb8-557f-9978-0c2fd35b18cd)
Chapter Five (#ua79fc417-c3c1-5a07-8d9b-3b926305f33d)
Chapter Six (#u4d70bd57-a53e-5d57-bc03-fe7efa75a70a)
Chapter Seven (#ufe021457-b836-57ed-a02d-30d0d03532c0)
Chapter Eight (#u6a1890d8-1d0d-5922-98fe-149bf987b3ec)
Chapter Nine (#uc7c15fa7-f2d3-536a-93a9-064473b5d79c)
Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-one (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-one (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-six (#litres_trial_promo)