"When Julien arrives in Michigan to meet his wife's American family, he gets to know the American Midwest as well as some unusual cousins. But most importantly, he meets Odette, his wife's great-aunt with what one might call a resilient personality. Originally from Paris, she married an American soldier at the end of the Second World War. Like her, 200,000 other European "war brides" left behind their families and their countries to be with the GI's they loved"--Page 4 of cover.
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