02502cam a2200445 i 4500 1855960397 TxAuBib 20201123120000.0 200229s2020||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2020932633 9781643586212 large print; hardcover 1643586211 large print; hardcover (OCoLC)1142525002 YDX eng rda YDX OCLCQ AUNTL JNE OCLCF ZGR IUK TXSVP NZHWP TxAuBib rda Blackwell, Juliet, author. The vineyards of Champagne [large print] / Juliet Blackwell. Center Point Large print edition. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2020. ©2020. 525 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes discussion questions. Deep within the labyrinth of caves that lie below the lush, rolling vineyards of the Champagne region, an underground city of women and children hums with life. Forced to take shelter from the unrelenting onslaught of German shellfire above, the bravest among them venture out to pluck sweet grapes for the harvest. But wine is not the only secret preserved in the cool, dark cellars ... In present day, Rosalyn travels to Champagne to select vintages for her Napa-based employer. Rosalyn doesn't much care for champagne - or France, for that matter. Since the untimely death of her young husband, Rosalyn finds it a challenge to enjoy anything at all. But as she reads through a precious cache of WWI letters and retraces the lives lived in the limestone tunnels, Rosalyn will unravel a mystery hidden for decades ... and find a way to savor her own life again, inspired by the hope and defiance of the women who toiled to bring in the grape harvest during the war. 20201123. CDPC522. Life change events Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 France Fiction. Civilians in war Fiction. Widows Fiction. Underground areas Fiction. Letters Fiction. Wineries Fiction. Large type books. France Fiction. Champagne-Ardenne (France) Fiction. Historical fiction. Love stories.