"After Libération, spring 1945: Seventeen-year-old Huguette Faure is a survivor. The war has taken everything from her-both her parents and her sense of safety. Now, pregnant and on the lam, she cannot return to her childhood home in Paris. Forced to reinvent herself, she must outrun her father's enemies, who want her dead. After narrowly avoiding jail time-thanks to the help of a kindhearted police officer named Claude Leduc-Huguette lands a job assisting a legendary film director."
"As her role develops from helping him with chores to cooking his books, she sees an opportunity to break free from the ghosts of her past once and for all. In this big-hearted story of resilience, New York Times bestselling author Cara Black offers a wholly original depiction of postwar France as well as introduces Claude Leduc-the man who decades later inspired his granddaughter, Aimée, to become a private investigator."
Huguette is set in the lawlessness of post-World War II France and follows seventeen-year-old Huguette Faure as she fights to survive and make a living. The war has taken her parents and her sense of safety. Pregnant and on the lam, she cannot return to her childhood home in Paris and must outrun her father's enemies. After narrowly avoiding jail thanks to police officer Claude Leduc, she lands work assisting a legendary film director and moves from chores to cooking his books. The job offers a chance to reinvent herself and break free from her past. The narrative introduces Claude Leduc, later the inspiration for Aimée Leduc.
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