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Daughters of the House Summary & Study Guide Description
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Now middle-aged, two cousins reunite at their ancestral country house in the small town of Blémont in Normandy, France. The house itself contains brutal secrets from the time of the Second World War, when Thérèse's and Léonie's mothers were young women. Thérèse, who has been living a sheltered life as a nun, returns to the Martin estate, where Léonie waits for her. Léonie, having chosen a life with Baptiste, the son of a local farming family, has been living in the Martin house and raising a family. Léonie is full of intense anticipation and anger as she waits for Thérèse to arrive. As young girls, the two women shared the role of "daughter of the house" when Léonie and her mother came to spend summers in France. The two cousins have a relationship full of shared secrets, jealousies, and competition within the household, colored by Baptiste's presence, secrets from the...
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