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Author:

Wright, Michelle (Novelist), http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2019000696 author.

Title:

Small acts of defiance : a novel of WWII and Paris / Michelle Wright.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

William Morrowan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

344 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Paris--Paris--Fiction.
Women artists--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction.
Paris (France)--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.

Notes:

Subtitle from cover. Originally published in Australia in 2021 by Allen & Unwin.

Summary:

"January, 1940: After a bitter tragedy, young Australian woman Lucie and her French mother Yvonne are forced to leave home and seek help from the only family they have left-Lucie's uncle, Gerard. As the Second World War engulfs Europe, the two women find themselves trapped in German-occupied Paris, sharing a cramped apartment with the authoritarian Gerard and his extremist views. Drawing upon her artistic talents, Lucie risks her own safety to engage in small acts of defiance against the occupying forces and the collaborationist French regime, where the authorities reward French citizens for denouncing so-called 'traitors' in their community. Faced with the escalating brutality of anti-Jewish measures, and the indifference of so many of her fellow Parisians, Lucie must decide how far she will go to defend the rights of others before it's too late"-- Back cover.

ISBN:

0063223902
9780063223905

Locations:

SRPA104 -- Lamont Public Library (Lamont)

RKPA371 -- Rippey Public Library (Rippey)