A Voisage Accent: A Family Spirit

By Marie-Claire Turrentine

Marie-Claire is born in 1946 in an ancient fortified farm as France is healing from war destruction. It is the story of autonomous farmers where work is the heart of it all and life is gently rocked by the seasons. Here, Mother Nature is revered. In this large family made up of several generations, traditions instilled by the patriarch change with the times. As the agricultural conditions improve and manual work becomes easier, an event shatters tragically the life of every family member. Until then, life had been enjoyable, and good humor had rendered every task lighter.Then, knowing only few English words, Marie-Claire is sent to the USA to find a farm where to settle. In 1976, it is an adventure! Gnawed by sorrow and remorse, she disembarks in the New World with her son and her younger brother. There, they meet with the difficulties of all emigrants while discovering that this big country reveals an array of extremes. Besides rekindling her unraveling marriage, her new life is a series of adventures among which is the construction of a steel sailboat on their Tennessee farm in the intent of circumnavigating the globe, circumnavigation that will end dramatically.The sorrows follow the joys and surge like waves on a rocky shore, but in the end, they help Marie-Claire find herself and lead her to happiness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1726889084
• ISBN13: 9781726889087
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"