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The gripping story of Gracianna—a French-Basque girl forced to make impossible decisions after being recruited into the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied Paris.
Gracianna is inspired by true events in the life of Trini Amador’s great-grandmother, Gracianna Lasaga. As an adult, Amador was haunted by the vivid memory of finding a loaded German Luger tucked away in a nightstand while wandering his great-grandmother’s home in Southern California. He was only four years old at the time, but the memory remained and he knew he had to explore the story behind the gun.
Decades later, Amador would delve into the remarkable odyssey of his Gracianna’s past, a road that led him to an incredible surprise. In Gracianna, Amador weaves fact and fiction to tell his great-grandmother’s story.
Gracianna bravely sets off to Paris in the early 1940s—on her way to America, she hopes—but is soon swept into the escalation of the war and the Nazi occupation of Paris. After chilling life-and-death struggles, she discovers that her missing sister has surfaced as a laborer in Auschwitz. When she finds an opportunity to fight back against the Nazis to try to free her sister, she takes it—even if it means using lethal force.
As Amador tells the imagined story of how his great-grandmother risked it all, he delivers richly drawn characters and a heart-wrenching page-turner that listeners won’t soon forget.
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“Debut novelist Trini Amador sparkles as this riveting story unfolds. His characters are deeply endowed with vibrant features and flaws and his evocative descriptions allow readers to experience each environment as though they had been there themselves. The story is carefully crafted, flowing smoothly and constantly, with impressive purpose and inspiration. More than a tale of good and evil, Gracianna is spun from convincing and memorable scenes and vivid personalities—a compelling and inspiring novel whose chronicle and characters will remain in the reader’s memory long after.”
— New York Journal of Books
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“Gracianna is a riveting and remarkable narrative. The characters come alive through their unassuming but compelling stories, as Nazi-occupied Paris unfolds before our eyes. We come to care deeply about the characters, which makes putting down the book almost impossible. Highly recommended.”
— Stacey Katz Bourns, director of language programs, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University -
“While wine is obviously a significant part of life’s enjoyment, the story behind the wine can be even more gratifying. You will be fixated on this thrilling story written by Trini Amador, which was inspired by Gracianna, his great-grandmother, the French Basque namesake of his family’s award-winning winery in Sonoma County.”
— Bob Cabral, general manager and director of winemaking, Williams Selyem Winery -
“Gracianna is an impressive debut historical fiction novel by Trini Amador! Set in Paris during World War II, readers will be easily swept up in the extraordinary story of Amador’s great-grandmother, Gracianna, and her fight to free her sister from the Nazis. Engrossing and well-written, I highly recommend you spend some time with Gracianna!”
— Amy Bruno, Passages to the Past
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About Trini Amador
Trini Amador is co-owner of Gracianna Winery, a“fruit-first” craftsman’s winery in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. The winery was founded on the principles of his great-grandmother Gracianna Lasaga, the subject of his book, who would prepare simple but gracious meals that always included wine. For the past fifteen years, Amador has also been a principal at BHC Consulting, which specializes in brand strategy, research, and insights development.