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Paris Library - Kirkus Review
KIRKUS REVIEWS THE PARIS LIBRARY Author: Janet Skeslien Charles Review Issue Date: April 15, 2020 Online Publish Date: March 29, 2020 Publisher: Atria Pages: 368 Price ( Hardcover ): $28.00 Publication Date: June 2, 2020 ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-1-9821-3419-8 Section: Fiction World War II Paris during the German occupation forms the setting for an intelligent and sensuously rich novel of a young woman's coming-of-age. In 1939, Odile Souchet, the daughter of the captain of a police precinct, has just finished library school. She lands her dream job assisting patrons of the American Library, which serves both foreigners and Parisians, and falls in love with one of the police officers her father brings home for dinner. As the war proceeds and the Nazis take over the city, she fears for her twin brother, who has been captured by the Germans, places herself in danger by transporting books to Jewish patrons who are forbidden to visit the library, and begins to question s
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