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<\/a>Dans Paris occupe: Journal d’Helene Pitrou—–by Paule du Bouchet (Gallimard Jeunesse, 2005) [Photograph by Edith-Mary Smith]<\/p><\/div>“The New Year is starting well: People are talking about a possible landing by the Allies.”<\/p>\n
So begins the entry for New Year’s day in Dans Paris occup\u00e9<\/em>: Journal d’H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Pitrou<\/a>—the fictional diary of the fictional French schoolgirl, created by writer Paule du Bouchet.<\/p>\n H\u00e9l\u00e8ne has three wishes for the New Year:<\/p>\n That her mother<\/em> be freed by the end of the month. (Her mother has been arrested for her work in the Resistance and an earlier diary entry describes H\u00e9l\u00e8ne’s visit to the prison to see her mother, thin, pale, but still in good spirits.)<\/p>\n That she hear news<\/em> from her father (who had been languishing in a German P-o-W camp but has escaped).<\/p>\n That she become stronger<\/em> and more courageous.<\/p>\n H\u00e9l\u00e8ne’s diary, like the war, will continue. As for ‘a possible landing by the Allies’: Dieppe<\/a> had proved a disappointment and Normandy was\u00a0more than a year away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “The New Year is starting well: People are talking about a possible landing by the Allies.” So begins the entry for New Year’s day in Dans Paris occup\u00e9: Journal d’H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Pitrou—the fictional diary of the fictional French schoolgirl, created by … Continue reading