What is the setting of Daughters of the House by Michele Roberts?

The novel is set in the French town of Blémont-la-Fontaine, a small village in Normandy. Two main time periods are used as the setting for the action in the novel. First, the contemporary narrative is set in recent years, when the two main characters reunite after an absence of more than twenty years. The setting for this section of the narrative is in the rooms of the Martin house.