![]() ![]() She was often hit with self-doubt, but it extended from a place of love and protectiveness that I found to be both endearing and real. She was certainly flawed, but heroic in a completely believable way. I have never read a novel that takes on WWII from the perspective of someone who is in the Resistance line before, and I found it fascinating. I felt that this was a great way to keep the reader guessing and waiting, since you know from the synopsis that their stories will eventually intertwine. Ruby and Charlotte were linked together pretty quickly, but Thomas wasn’t added into the equation until later in the book. I loved how the three main characters Ruby, Charlotte, and Thomas, really started off in the novel being fairly separate. It reeled me in from the very beginning, left me constantly guessing, and I was crying like a baby by the end of it. There are a lot of WWII dramas out there, but this one was superb. I just want to start this review with one word: Wow!! This novel was absolutely phenomenal. If it is historical fiction set in Europe, it is going to be right up my ally. Rich with historical drama and emotional depth, this is an unforgettable story that will stay with you long after the final page is turned. When fate brings them together, Ruby, Charlotte, and Thomas must summon the courage to defy the Nazis-and to open their own broken hearts-as they fight to survive. Then he finds himself in Paris, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, and he discovers a new reason to keep fighting-and an unexpected road home. 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. But then the mass deportations begin, and her life is ripped forever apart. After the Jewish restrictions take effect and Jews are ordered to wear the yellow star, Charlotte can’t imagine things getting much worse. But war is looming on the horizon, and as France falls to the Nazis, her marriage begins to splinter, too.Ĭharlotte Dacher is eleven when the Germans roll into the French capital, their sinister swastika flags snapping in the breeze. ![]() 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. Goodreads Synopsis:įor fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this powerful novel of fate, resistance, and family-by the international bestselling author of The Sweetness of Forgetting and When We Meet Again-tells the tale of an American woman, a British RAF pilot, and a young Jewish teenager whose lives intersect in occupied Paris during the tumultuous days of World War II. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. “Set against all the danger and drama of WWII Paris, this heartfelt novel will keep you turning the pages until the very last word” (Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author).The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristin Harmel ~ 400 pages ~ published 3/27/18 by Gallery Books Ruby and Charlotte become a little family, but as the German net grows tighter around Paris, and the Americans debate entering the combat, the danger increases. ![]() But her skills are ultimately put to the test when she begins concealing her twelve-year-old Jewish neighbor, Charlotte, whose family was rounded up by the Gestapo. She becomes involved in hiding Allied soldiers-including a charming RAF pilot-who have landed in enemy territory. When Marcel is killed, Ruby discovers the secret he’d been hiding-he was a member of the French resistance-and now she is determined to take his place. Unfortunately, her marriage soon grows cold and bitter, her husband Marcel, distant and secretive-all while the Germans flood into Paris, their sinister swastika flags waving in the breeze. But it’s 1938, and war is looming on the horizon. When Ruby first marries the dashing Frenchman she meets in a coffee shop, she pictures a life strolling arm in arm along French boulevards, awash in the golden afternoon light. A moving and entrancing novel set in Paris during World War II about an American woman, a dashing pilot, and a young Jewish girl whose fates unexpectedly entwine-perfect for the fans of Kristen Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls, this is “ an emotional, heart-breaking, inspiring tribute to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love” (Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author). ![]()
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