The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau

Colette stole her first piece in the summer of 1938, an elegant Longines pocket watch slipped from the vest of a Swiss banker named Vallotton who had swindled dozens of Parisians out of their life savings. In the third act, Tristan struggled for his life as Isolde rushed to be by his side, and then, as Colette watched with wide eyes, holding her breath, he died with Isolde’s name on his lips. The door was already closed, and Colette watched helplessly through the window as the nurses soothed the man who may well have taken her sister’s life. When she finally climbed to her feet a few minutes later, wiped her tears, and slid the brick back into place, she knew in her heart that Paris was no longer her home, and it never would be again.