Title: The Paris Library
By Janet Skeslien Charles
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Atria Books 2021
ISBN: 978-1-9821-3419-8
Published on February 9, 2021
Available on Amazon
Reviewed by Idelle Kursman
Book lovers everywhere will savor reading The Paris Library. During the years leading up to the Second World War, Odile Souchet is a young girl living in Paris who relishes her job as a librarian at the American Library in Paris. She is also developing strong friendships and finding love, but then the Nazis invade France and thrust hardships upon French citizens--food is scarce; curfews are imposed; and Jews, communists, so called “enemy aliens,” and anyone opposed to Nazi rule are imprisoned or worse.
Odile tries hard to carry on but she inadvertently betrays a friend at the closing of the war. Odile eventually leaves the country and settles in Montana, where years later she becomes a mentor to a young girl experiencing growing pains and family issues. I found it moving to read about a caring, sincere person who has made terrible mistakes and yet uses those experiences to help another person make wiser decisions. A winner!
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Idelle Kursman is the author of True Mercy and The Book of Revelations. She also does editing and SEO copywriting. To contact her, please log onto her website at https://www.idellekursman.com.
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