Robert M. Taber Knihy

"This book is a fictional, historical love story about a rich Cajun from a plantation near Plaquemine, Louisiana and a French Mademoiselle from the Champagne Ardennes Region in France. Captain Louis Forchet, United States Army meets Janine Arneau a few days after the end of World War II combat operations in France. The story tells of their romantic interludes while in France and reflects their trials and tribulations after coming home to the United States as man and wife. The story reveals the love life of their teenage daughter, Elizabeth Forchet, during the 60s and describes the intrigue, violence and tragedy she endures because of her beauty and because of the financial status of her parents. The story contains explicit sexual activity between fictional heterosexual lovers who are the main characters in the story. The settings for the story in France and in the United States are geographically real and historical revelations described in these settings are factual recollections of the author. The characters and their activities described in the story are pure fiction. The story contains language and sexual activity that may be offensive to some readers. Persons under the age of 18 years are advised not to read this book. The story is created for adult readers."

The story focuses on Joan, a girl who is naïve, father dominated, and the first of her family to go to college. Her parents send her to an isolated religious school, thinking she will be safe from what is happening at other colleges. From the time she meets her roommates, her freshman world becomes one of uncertainty as she allows peer pressure to lead her into poor choices that keep her from the positive experiences available to her on campus. Joan, now in midlife, tells the story to her daughter in the hope that even though her daughter will have to face all she did and much more, she will make better choices in college and truly be safe. Drawn from the author's college counseling and administrative experiences, this novel is a "must read" for parents and pre college students alike, who can then discuss the importance of choices made in that crucial freshman year.