The Paris Library

✍ Scribed by Janet Skeslien Charles

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: EN-CA
• Weight: 350 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1982134216

✦ Synopsis

Based on the true World War II story of the American Library in Paris, an unforgettable novel about the power of books and the bonds of friendship --and the ordinary heroes who can be found in the most perilous times and the quietest places.
Paris, 1939.

Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; Remy, her twin brother who she adores; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. When World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear--including her beloved library. After the Nazi army marches into the City of Light and declares a war on words, Odile and her fellow librarians join the Resistance with the best weapons they have: books. Again and again, they risk their lives to help their fellow Jewish readers, but by war's end, Odile tastes the bitter sting of...