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Jean Brassard narrates Matisse's distinctive childhood experiences during the war in sing-songy French-accented English...With increasing intensity, Brassard recounts the transient, action-packed life of a family steeped in the French Resistance...Pierre Henri Matisse himself opens and closes the narration, with his gravelly, thickly accented English, providing authentic bookends for listeners. -- AudioFile Most of Matisse's debut memoir focuses on his experiences during World War II, when he abetted his father's underground missions; attended schools where he suffered from lice, bullies, and censorious administrators; and nearly starved on meager food rations...The author captures his teenage voice and perspective, imbuing the memoir with the tone of a picaresque novel. -- Kirkus Reviews Recreated dialogue and present-tense narration enliven the high-action scenes of the war years...His hunt for his parentage, culminating in the decision to reclaim the Matisse name in his sixties, nicely parallels his search for identity in Christ. -- Publishers Weekly

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Pierre Henri Matisse was born in Paris in 1928. Brought up as the grandson of Henri Matisse, Pierre spent his childhood among some of the most famous artists of the century, including Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. During World War II, Pierre and his father, Jean Matisse, were heavily involved in French underground activities, wanted by the Nazis for their efforts in aiding the British spies and saboteurs. When the war ended, Pierre worked in the restoration of the art and historical monuments damaged by the war in France. Now a citizen of the United States, he is an artist who has given or created commissioned pieces to help organizations such as Project Hope, the American Red Cross, numerous children's hospitals, and many others. Jean Brassard is a theater and television actor, singer, voice-over, talent, audiobook narrator, and writer. He is the winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award.

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