| Record Number |
864410 |
| ISBN |
1432879685 |
| 9781432879686 |
| Author |
Charles, Janet Skeslien author. |
| Title |
The Paris library / Janet Skeslien Charles. |
| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
Waterville, ME : Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021. |
| ©2021. |
| Pagination etc. |
567 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Wheeler large print hardcover |
| Contents note |
Optimized reading formats. |
| The text of this large print edition is unabridged. |
| Set in 16 pt. Plantin. |
| Summary Note |
Based on the true Second World War story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable novel of romance, friendship, family and of heroism found in the quietest of places. Paris, 1939 -- Odile Souchet is obsessed with books, and her new job at the American Library in Paris -- with its thriving community of students, writers and book lovers - is a dream come true. When war is declared, the Library is determined to remain open. But then the Nazis invade Paris, and everything changes. In Occupied Paris, choices as black and white as the words on a page become a murky shade of grey -- choices that will put many on the wrong side of history, and the consequences of which will echo for decades to come. Montana, 1983 -- Lily is a lonely teenage desperate to escape small-town Montana. She grows close to her neighbour Odile, discovering they share the same love of language, the same longings. But as Lily uncovers more about Odile's mysterious past, she discovers a dark secret, closely guarded and long hidden. |
| Subject |
Large print books |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction |
| Women librarians -- Fiction |
| Librarians -- France -- Fiction |
| French -- United States -- Fiction |
| Teenagers -- Montana -- Fiction |
| Betrayal -- Fiction |
| Books and reading -- Fiction |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris -- Fiction |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Fiction |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- France -- Fiction |
| Underground movements, War |
| Teenagers |
| Librarians |
| French |
| Books and reading |
| Betrayal |
| Large type books |
| Paris (France) -- Fiction |
| United States |
| Montana |
| France |
| France -- Paris |
| Large print books |
| Large type books |
| Historical fiction. |
| Fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
| War stories. |
| War fiction. |
| War fiction. |
| Shelf Location |
LP CHAR |
