Daughters Beyond CommandDaughters Beyond Command is described as "[A] gem of a novel . . . Heartstopping and heartbreaking." The Independent "Full of wonder." The New York Times Three sisters are born into a modest Catholic family in Aix en Provence. Sabine, the eldest, dreams of an artist's life in Paris; Helene, the youngest, grew up between her uncle and her aunt, bourgeois from Neuilly sur Seine, and her parents, simple people; Mariette, the youngest, learns the secrets