Porcelain soldier. Malzey M.

“Porcelain Soldier” is the true story of the author’s father. The action takes place during the Second World War. In 1944, after the sudden death of his mother, nine -year -old Menu secretly crosses on a cart, hiding in the hay, a demarcation line between a free and occupied zone to get to his grandmother. Grandmother Farm is located in the Lorraine occupied by the Germans, declared part of the Third Reich, here even the French language is banned.

The new illegal life of Menu on a small farm is full of dangers: if the invaders find it, they will shoot the whole family. In addition, relatives hide not only him, but also a Jewish girl, a mother’s girlfriend. Nevertheless, despite the every minute risk, the languid underground existence presents the boy with amazing discoveries. A novel about the war, about childhood under the bombs, about first love, hope and search for oneself.