Lavender Meuse Trilogy

The year is 1923 and the world continues its recovery from the ravages of World War I. In this second historical novel in the "Meuse Trilogy", MARIE DURANT CHAGALL, now 27-years-old, continues her own journey towards recovery, planning a return to nursing with a grand scheme of opening a rural health clinic, La Clinique Meuse. Pressured by her Papa and sister Solange, now living in New York City, Marie reluctantly consents to a visit and sets sail on the beautiful SS Paris. Her experiences aboard ship, in America and in Paris at La Hospital Pitie-Salpetriere before returning home again to France, propel her forward towards her destiny in ways she could not have imagined. People from diverse and intriguing backgrounds and familiar characters from book one, "The Lavender House in Meuse", journey alongside Marie, their own search for new beginnings often intersecting her own. "The Passage Home to Meuse" is a riveting account and vivid adventure of one woman’s tenacity and determination to take back her life, ultimately finding the journey is the true destination.

"The Lavender Bees of Meuse" is the third novel in the Lavender Meuse Trilogy from award-winning author Gail Noble-Sanderson. The novel takes place in the countryside of Verdun, France. The story begins in 1939. After many years enjoying her peaceful existence in northern France, Marie Durant Chagall, a rural nurse practitioner is, thrust once again, into the conflict of war as the dark days of World War II, bring untold challenges to the countryside of Meuse. Beside loss and sacrifice lie courage and ingenuity, and with the help and resilience of her close friends, Marie must decide what she is, willing to risk in saving those unable to save themselves.