An attractive 19-year-old woman, her German-born mother, and her disabled father relocate to the small hamlet of Pin-Pon in the spring of 1976. Eliane's daring demeanor is noticed by all. She chooses out Pin-Pon and soon finds herself crying on his shoulder (she is myopic and despises her reputation as a dunce and as easy to please); she moves in with him, knits baby clothes, and begins planning their marriage. Is this a romantic relationship or some sort of plot? She inquires of Pin-mother Pon's and aunt about the piano in the barn, inquiring as to who delivered it on a November evening in 1955. Her curiosity is understandable, but what does it have to do with her mother's grief, her father's injuries, this hasty marriage, and the last name on her birth certificate that she is so concerned about?
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An attractive 19-year-old woman, her German-born mother, and her disabled father relocate to the small hamlet of Pin-Pon in the spring of 1976. Eliane's daring demeanor is noticed by all. She chooses out Pin-Pon and soon finds herself crying on his shoulder (she is myopic and despises her reputation as a dunce and as easy to please); she moves in with him, knits baby clothes, and begins planning their marriage. Is this a romantic relationship or some sort of plot? She inquires of Pin-mother Pon's and aunt about the piano in the barn, inquiring as to who delivered it on a November evening in 1955. Her curiosity is understandable, but what does it have to do with her mother's grief, her father's injuries, this hasty marriage, and the last name on her birth certificate that she is so concerned about?
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