While Paris slept : a novel / Ruth Druart.
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TextPublisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 449 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781538735183; 1538735180Subject(s): | | 1939-1945 | Jewish women -- France -- Fiction | Parent and child -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction | Juives -- France -- Romans, nouvelles, etc | Parents et enfants -- Romans, nouvelles, etc | Familles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc | Families | Jewish women | Parent and child | Family members | Children | Jewish women -- Fiction | Parent-child relationship -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction | France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction | California -- Fiction | Californie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc | California | France | France -- History -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Fictional Work | Fiction. | Historical fiction. | History. | Novels. | Historical fiction. | Historical fiction. | Novels. | Romans. Summary: 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.Summary: 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.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | DRUA (Browse shelf) | Available | 64066 |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 449).
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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