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Author:

Skeslien Charles, Janet, author.

Title:

The Paris library / Janet Skeslien Charles.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Large Print Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

565 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.

Subject:

American Library in Paris--Fiction.
Nineteen thirties--Fiction.
Women librarians--Fiction.
Librarians--France--Fiction.
French--United States--Fiction.
Teenagers--Montana--Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Paris--Paris--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--France--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
Novels.

Summary:

Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; her adored twin brother Remy; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. But when World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear, including her beloved library. After the invasion, as the Nazis declare a war on words and darkness falls over the City of Light, Odile and her fellow librarians join the Resistance with the best weapons they have: books. They risk their lives again and again to help their fellow Jewish readers. When the war finally ends, instead of freedom, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal. Montana, 1983. Odile's solitary existence in gossipy small-town Montana is unexpectedly interrupted by Lily, her neighbor, a lonely teenager longing for adventure. Based on the true story of the American Library in Paris.

ISBN:

1432896679
9781432896676

Locations:

EYPC755 -- Kingsley Public Library (Kingsley)

PZPA094 -- Plainfield Public Library (Plainfield)