Most of the time I avoid 'love stories'. So many of them are sappy and unrealistic. The love story in this book is sappy and unrealistic........but it is a true story! It doesn't get much better than that. Maitland is an investigative reporter. Growing up she lived with her mother and father - but the story she heard most often was about the love of her mother's life. Janine was 18 and madly in love with Roland, 21. He was French Catholic and she was a German Jew. They swore their undying love to one another. In 1942 she boarded a ship to escape from the Nazis. When the war ended she tried to find Roland. He tried to find her. It took Maitland to finally track down the man whose picture Janine had cherished for almost fifty years. It is a wonderful look at France (in particularly Alsace-Lorraine) from the 20's through the war years. It is a wonderful example of love that can exist even when the two are separated for decades. I am sure there are many WWII stories that are similar to this one, but very few could have the ending this one does. Sigh........
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