Book Description:
Paris, 1940: Walking through Montmartre that morning was like the eerie calm right before a storm. The roads were deserted. We carried on, arm in arm, and then finally, we saw them. Columns and columns of soldiers, spreading through the streets like a toxic grey vapour. ‘You must write about this,’ he whispered to me. ‘You must write about the day freedom left Paris.’ As Nazi troops occupy the City of Lights, American journalist Florence is determined to do everything she can to save her adopted home and the man she loves. Florence had arrived in Paris in 1937 and on a beautiful summer’s day, met and fell in love with Otto, a Jewish artist from Austria, who had fled persecution in his homeland. But as swastikas are draped along the city’s wide boulevards, everything Otto was running from seems to have caught up with him. Both Florence and Otto begin lending their talents to the Resistance, working to sabotage the Germans right under their noses. Florence’s society columns that, before the war were filled with tales of glamorous Parisian parties, now document life under occupation and hide coded messages for those fighting outside France for freedom. While Otto risks arrest in order to pin up the anti-Nazi posters he designs by candlelight in their tiny apartment. But with every passing day, things become more dangerous for Otto to remain in Paris. If Florence risks everything by accepting a secret mission, can she ensure his survival so that they can be reunited once the war is over? A sweeping wartime story that will capture your heart and never let it go. Fans of The Alice Network, The Lost Girls of Paris and My Name is Eva will be absolutely gripped from the very first page.
My Review
I very much enjoyed the historical research the author put into this book. More detailed research makes a book more believable and transports us back in time to the time period being portrayed in the book.
There are many heartbreaking time periods in history, people struggle mentally and physically,are kidnapped and deaths occur. This book is full of it. It just
makes it more realistic.
It's not all bad times though, we can feel a glimmer of hope
as our characters do whatever they need to to survive.
This is a time split novel and as we delve deeper into the book we meet our modern character who introduces us to the heroine of the story, her grandmother through a journal she reads about her life.
Her life was fraught with danger and what she got involved in she
had no preconceived plans on doing so. Even so she did it for the betterment of her adopted country and for the love of her husband. I was transported back in time with this remarkably realistic book and
will be reading more by this author. Pub Date 04 Jan 2021 I was given a complimentary copy of this book. Thank you. All opinions expressed are my own.
Author bio:
Siobhan Curham is an award-winning author, ghost writer, editor and writing coach. She has also written for many newspapers, magazines and websites, including The Guardian, Breathe magazine, Cosmopolitan, Writers’ Forum, DatingAdvice.com, and Spirit & Destiny. Siobhan has been a guest on various radio and TV shows, including Woman’s Hour, BBC News, GMTV and BBC Breakfast. And she has spoken at businesses, schools, universities and literary festivals around the world, including the BBC, Hay Festival, Cheltenham Festival, Bath Festival, Ilkley Festival, London Book Fair and Sharjah Reading Festival.
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I very much enjoyed the book.