Summary
Pierre-Jakez Helias recounts his childhood experience from 1908 to 1918. Growing
up in a small Brittany village, Helias recalls with affection his father Pierre-Alain
and mother Anne-Marie. Life in this tightly knit peasant community is hard and death
is never far away. Then war breaks out and Pierre-Alain is mobilised, leaving his
wife to support her family alone...
Review
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Beau Serge Les Cousins
Le Boucher Que
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