Ten - year - old Pauline 's parents have died .
Pauline comes to live with the Chanteaus , relatives on Pauline 's father 's side , in the seaside village of Bonneville , some 10 kilometers from Arromanches - les - Bains in Normandy .
Ten - year - old Pauline 's parents have died , and she comes to live with the Chanteaus , relatives on her father 's side , in the seaside village of Bonneville , some 10 kilometers from Arromanches - les - Bains in Normandy .