While Paris slept : a novel / Ruth Druart.
Record details
- ISBN: 1538735180
- ISBN: 9781538735183
- ISBN: 9781538735183
- ISBN: 1538735180
- Physical Description: 449 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | Remainder of title from jacket cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 449). |
Summary, etc.: | A story told from alternating perspectives follows the experiences of a traumatized survivor of the Nazi occupation in France and a Jewish woman in wartime Paris who entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. Santa Cruz, 1953. The scar on Jean-Luc's face is a small price to pay for surviving the horrors of Nazi occupation in France. Now he has a new life in California, a family. He never expected the past to come knocking on his door. Paris, 1944. A young Jewish woman is herded onto a train bound for Auschwitz. In an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. Their destinies intertwined, the choices each person makes will change the future in ways neither could have imagined. -- adapted from jacket |
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Genre: | Historical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Novels. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | FIC DRUART (Text) | 34025146114993 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |