After reading "Suite Francaise", I became a fan of Irene Nemirovsky who suffered the fate of other born Jews in France by dying in Auschwitz. Both "Suite Francaise" and "Fire in the Blood" were found in hand-written form many, many years later by the author's daughter who worked to have them published.
This story is a gem! It involves a very small French community who intersect with the primary character (an senior who returns to the community after years away). As we learn the good and the bad of many of the citizens, we are led to believe that, contrasting to the pitfalls in the characters of some, one couple is singular in its portrayal of a loyal married couple.
We then find an unusual conclusion where even the couple considered without fault has a story that demonstrates that they too are human!
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