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...scene is the new exurbia outside Paris, where a saucy mini-gratte-ciel apartment building full of affluent city commuters not only scrapes the sky but rubs nearby villagers and the demoralized peasantry the wrong way. Henri Castang, Freeling's new sleuth, is a low-key public servant who, like Van der Valk, cites Proust and Dickens without sounding pretentious...
Throughout France's recent election campaign, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was rarely without a member of his family by his side. One of his two sons, Henri, 17, and Louis, 16, usually carried the notes for his speeches. Younger daughter Jacinte, 14, became one of the most familiar faces in France; her picture appeared on thousands of her father's election posters. Pretty Valérie-Anne, 20, surprised and delighted a crowd of 100,000 Parisians at an election rally when she suddenly kissed her father on both cheeks just as he was about...
...herself, having studied economics in the past two years in order to "keep up with the economic-oriented discussions in the family." Indeed, it probably takes some doing to keep up with Valérie-Anne, a student at the prestigious Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris, and Henri, who is studying economics at the University of Nanterre. The two younger children are enrolled in private Catholic schools in Paris...
...President tried to keep his family isolated from the pressures of politics. At the dinner table, political topics were banned. Talk centered instead on minor events of the day, the children's report cards, or sports, reflecting Giscard's interest in soccer. After dinner, Giscard sometimes helped Henri with his economic studies or played the piano. On Sundays the family would attend a late Mass and then walk in the Tuileries gardens together...
...presidential campaign changed much of this. Politics became a consuming topic. Not only did the children accompany their father on campaign trips, but Henri and Valérie-Anne sold the now famous Giscard à la Barre! (Giscard at the helm) T shirts, planned bicycle tours of Paris and organized sing-ins at the Etoile. Mme. Giscard was constantly on call for press interviews. While she realizes that the presidency will intrude on the family's private life, she hopes that it will be "as little as possible. I hope I won't be obliged to cloister myself...