Home Fires in France

"Home Fires in France" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher is a story set in a French village during World War I that is a window into the lives of the French and American people. The book looks at how the war changed everything about daily life, the relationships between family members and people in the community. The book shows the characters dealing with grief while they hold on to the memory of their homes as the story opens with American soldiers finding themselves in a rural French village during the war. The story shows how the lives of the soldiers intersect with the town's history and culture. The soldiers begin to understand that life changes to keep going despite the impact of war, and the book describes life in the country. Readers see how the villagers handle their own struggles with being cut off and how important they become to each other as they face tough times together.