Holly Deiaco-Smith (left) and Chantal Jouve (right) in Strasbourg, France, in 2014. The two met in the 1990s, during an encounter in a post office. Holly Deiaco-Smith
Holly Deiaco-Smith
In the early 1990s, Holly Deiaco-Smith boarded a plane at JFK airport in New York City. She was 19 years old and feeling excited about her plan to spend a year studying abroad in Nancy, a city in northeast France.
Within a few weeks of arriving
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