A Chicken and a Candle is the memoir of the childhood and young adulthood of Suzanne Regnier, in France during the World War II and the immediate post war era. But it is more than just a memoir; it is the evocation of a unique period of European history, and a fascinating cast of characters that made up the world of the unique woman. Readers will meet Tonton Dede, her plump, terot card-reading grandmother; diminutive, politically-radical Memere Regnier, her other grandmother; Remi, her first love; Mrs. Vilbert, the tyrannical headmistress of the Pension de Fleurs; Suzanne's husband, Bob...