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Josette
Josette Josette has the endearing, domestic warmth of a French diminutive name that was at its most popular in the interwar and postwar period — a name that evokes the boulangeries and provincial squares of 1930s–1950s France with particular affection. Characters named Josette project unpretentious warmth and practical generosity, suited to stories of French provincial life, the Occupation and Liberation, and midcentury French domestic fiction.
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