“She dreamed of other skies and other mornings”, by Christian Signol

Consecrated in 2015 as one of the ten favorite novelists of the French, Christian Signol was born in Quercy and lives in Brive, in Corrèze. Two veins in his work: that of the great popular sagas in several volumes (from La Rivière Espérance to Messieurs de Grandval via Les Vignes de Sainte-Colombe, Prix des Maisons de la presse 1997) and that of more intimate works, stories or novels, such as Childhood Joys, The Big Island, They Dreamed of Sundays or Why the Sky is Blue. For thirty years, its success has not been denied. His books have been translated into fifteen languages.

She dreamed of other skies and other mornings

The synopsis of Christian Signol’s latest book

Clémence, daughter of peasants from Poitou, dreamed of being a teacher. But the death of his brother at the front in 1917 forced him to stay with his parents. It is by chance that she meets Franz, a German prisoner of war, and out of love that she decides to join him in Germany, against the advice of her father.

Newly welcomed by Franz’s family, poorly integrated into this formerly enemy country, Clémence nevertheless finds her bearings and gives birth to a son, Ludwig. But Germany ignites and Hitler conquers power. Forced to return to France, upset by this separation, Clémence valiantly takes over the family farm before joining the Resistance. From then on, she never stopped looking for Franz and Ludwig, of whom she had no further news.

Will she see her family again? Will blood ties remain stronger than destiny?

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“She dreamed of other skies and other mornings”by Christian Signol, was published by Editions Albin Michel.