Title Details

" A suffering mother at last reveals a family secret to her daughter, dating since the Second World War. However, some secrets are best kept that way, so as not to rake up the past.

In 1942, a propaganda film is secretly shot in the West of France. With it, Nazi Germany hopes to make the population believe a military breakthrough has reached Ukraine. Helene, a young actress, takes part in the filming, thus contributing to Nazi Germany’s influence, but is she aware of the danger held in store for her by the film community she frequents during this period in the Collaboration?
Many years later, Helene has grown old and she suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. She has a daughter, Anne, to whom she is about to reveal her dark secret. Anne learns that her mother, an actress during the Occupation, was working for the French studios Continental Films, then in the hands of Goebbels. This collaboration with the enemy led her to a tragic love affair with a German soldier, Anne’s real father. A long investigation into the traces of a terrible past then follows.

The Author
Olivier Keraval lives in Rennes in Brittany and writes comic book scripts. He loves literature and writes short stories alongside his other work. After working in events and travelling, he read numerous dark novels before finally publishing illustrated stories such as Danse macabre.
Leyho (Léo Régeard) is an illustrator who is passionate about history and cinema. He works in cinema-animation special effects, having started with major post-production companies in Paris before moving to Dublin where he contributes to US series such as Game of Thrones.

Key Sales Points
- A book that evokes many major themes, not just collaboration and wartime propaganda but also the a contemporary issue of Alzheimer’s disease.
- A thrilling main plot about a family secret concerning hidden parentage.

More information: A WARTIME LOVE"