In 'Writing in the Maison Bleue' veteran writer Francine Costington joins six writers of all ages at the idyllic Maison Bleue by the Canal du Midi. Francine' own story - reaching right back to her girlhood in wartime France - unfolds among the every different stories of her companions. And she herself makes a special bond with nineteen year old Joe who a year ago was living in a hostel. Past tragedies and present dramas merge as their experiences at the Maison Bleu changes the lives of the writers at the Maison Bleue retreat. 'You can't have rules for writers, ' says crime-writer Ruthie...