The French Winemaker’s Daughter
HarperCollins December 10, 2024
Loretta Ellsworth’s The French Winemaker’s Daughter, is the story of two women, one the only daughter of a Jewish Winemaker in Nazi occupied France, and the other, a 21st century female American pilot, who are connected across time by a rare bottle of wine hidden from the Nazis with a handwritten message behind a fake label, which ultimately winds up sold at the legendary Hotel Drouot, the oldest auction house in Paris. This novel was sold to Sara Nelson (NA) at HarperCollins for publication in December 2024 by agent Marly Rusoff at Marly Rusoff Agency.
The French Winemaker’s Daughter is a finalist in the Novel & Short Story category for the 2025 Minnesota Book Awards.
