I live in Besancon but was born in Poligny Jura, in 1944. My family was the owner of a magnificent wine estate, prosperous and recognized in the Jura since 1905 to 1984 for its excellent yellow wine. But the history of this estate has been marked for more than a century by tragic, painful events, linked to the very special and complex personalities of the members of this family, in particular by the attitude of a perverse, avaricious and possessive woman who ended up destroying everything around her and losing everything she wanted to jealously keep in her possession.
Indeed, in the evening of her life, dazzled by the beautiful words of an unscrupulous man, she will leave her beautiful estate in the hands of strangers who will lead it to its ruin.
Fortunately, in this dramatic atmosphere, a woman found, thanks to her maternal love, the courage to face injustice, the perversity of her family and the dislike of an abusive husband, in order to protect her children.
However, this authentic, dramatic and very original story ended this year 2022, by a happy chance. Indeed, the grandchildren of the former owner, after a long legal battle, have just obtained the right to acquire the estate to replant the vineyard.
I have just written a book on this subject "Les tulipes Sauvages éditions Baudelaire" which relates not only the whole history of this domain, but moreover, the history of an era, with its shortcomings, its cruelties, but also its passions: that of work well done, of the love of the earth and of wine. I also wanted to bring out all the ambiguity of the characters of the actors in this story, their greed, their selfishness and their withdrawal, while putting in parallel the courage and determination of this woman (my mother) who fought to protect us: my sister and me so that we would not end up like Cinderellas in the hands of this aunt who hated us.
I'm sending you this story which is getting a spontaneous reaction from my readers, (but it should be made into a movie!...)
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