The Room on Rue Amelie
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When newlywed Ruby Henderson Benoit arrives in Paris in 1939 with her French husband Marcel, she imagines strolling arm in arm along the grand boulevards, awash in the golden afternoon light. But war is looming on the horizon, and as France falls to the Nazis, her marriage begins to splinter, too. Charlotte Dacher is eleven when the Germans roll into the French capital, their sinister swastika flags snapping in the breeze. After the Jewish restrictions take effect and Jews are ordered to wear the yellow star, Charlotte can’t imagine things getting much worse. But then the deportations being, and her life is ripped forever apart. Thomas Clarke joins the British Royal Air Force to protect his country, but when his beloved mother dies in a German bombing during the waning days of the Blitz, he wonders if he’s really making a difference. Then he finds himself in Paris and discovers a new reason to keep fighting.
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A powerful novel of fate, resistance, and family by an international bestselling author.
War has torn them apart . . . Can fate bring them back together?
When newlywed Ruby Henderson Benoit arrives in Paris in 1939 with her French husband Marcel, she imagines strolling arm in arm along the grand boulevards, awash in the golden afternoon light. But war is looming on the horizon, and as France falls to the Nazis, Ruby's marriage begins to splinter, too.
Charlotte Dacher is eleven when the Germans take over the French capital and her parents are suddenly deported, tearing her life apart. Her kind neighbour, Ruby, offers to step in and look after her. But can they work together to mend their broken hearts - and summon the courage to defy the Nazis - as they fight to survive?
'Kristin Harmel is firmly in the top echelon of WW2 storytellers' HEATHER MORRIS
'A master storyteller' SANTA MONTEFIORE
PRAISE FOR THE PARIS DAUGHTER:
'An unmissable reading treat' Lancashire Evening Post
'Beautifully written and emotionally charged . . . impossible to put down' HAZEL GAYNOR
'The Paris Daughter tore up my heart and put it back together again' MARTHA HALL KELLY
'A gorgeous, gut-wrenching read!' KATE QUINN
Additional information
| Weight | 291 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.2 × 12.8 × 3.4 cm |
| Book_author | Harmel, Kristin |
| Publisher | Mountain Leopard Press |
| Imprint | Mountain Leopard Press |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 416 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 813.6 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
