Synopsis
At the end of the Second World War, the Collège International Protestant in the small village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon aroused a great deal of jealousy among young people. Only the children of wealthy Parisians could afford the school fees, while the villagers were unable to afford it. Two clans divided the Huguenot youth: the rich and the poor.
Jean, the son of a Resistance fighter from Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, was amazed when Pastor André Trocmé offered him the chance to go to the United States! The programme, devised by the Protestant Mutual Aid Society in Reinbeck, Iowa, had two aims: to enable Jean to resume his studies and to teach him how to work on a modern farm.
In August 1948, this 17-year-old country boy arrived in New York without speaking a word of English. From there he travelled to Chicago and then to Iowa. It was the beginning of a fabulous human adventure and a clash of cultures that would leave a lasting impression on him. A true story, written in the form of a feature-length screenplay, solidly documented and little-known.

Cover: Dzhuliya Kryukova, 17, Rome, Italy.

The book can be ordered from bookshops throughout France, Geneva and Brussels.