![]() The woman would have a nervous breakdown on the spot. It would be a terrible thing if her mother were to appear there. Like the rest of the house, the kitchen was cramped, and more and more, Isabelle felt like a bird trapped in a too-small cage, with too little air to breathe.Ī strand of her curly red hair had worked loose from her braid, and she tucked it behind her ear. She looked around the kitchen, noting its low, soot-blackened ceiling and small windows. Was she going insane? If she were, it would really come as no surprise. ![]() Isabelle put down the knife she had been holding. ![]() Isabelle nearly jumped out of her skin when she suddenly heard her mother’s voice and then her chirping laugh, the same laugh with which Jeanette Herrenhus had always dismissed Isabelle’s protests. “You were raised to marry, not to peel potatoes!” First published in English by AmazonCrossing in 2016.Īmazon, the Amazon logo, and AmazonCrossing are trademarks of, Inc., or its affiliates. Previously published as Die Champagnerkönigin by Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH in Germany in 2013. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher. Text copyright © 2013 Petra Durst-Benning and Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH ![]() Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. ![]()
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