Druart, Ruth,

While Paris slept : a novel / Ruth Druart. - First edition. - 449 pages ; 24 cm

Remainder of title from jacket cover.

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.

9781538735183 1538735180

2020933679


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--Fiction.


Historical fiction.
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Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Romans.