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The Lost Carousel of Provence by Juliet Blackwell

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Juliet Blackwell's third novel set in France takes readers to Provence in a story that spans more than a century, and a story that spans so much heartbreak. Can an American who never had a family find the way to reunite a bitter, broken man with the family that never accepted him? Blackwell's   The Lost Carousel of Provence is a moving story of loss and, in the end, hope. In 1901, Josephine Clement has everything she could want. Her husband even hires the a famous carousel designer, Gustave Bayol, who sends his team to Provence to assemble his latest carousel on the grounds of Chateau Clement. But, Josephine and Yves did not have a child to ride that carousel. And, their story ends in tragedy, but it's a story shared by a mysterious woman who appears only in a couple photos. Readers know her as Moelle, a young woman desperate to become a carver. In the 1940s in Paris, Fabrice Clement has run away from home to be part of the Resistance. He falls in love with a woman named P...