From the bestselling author of the heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism ( People ) The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation.
An exquisite and gut-wrenching novel (Lisa Barr, New York Times bestselling author) you won\'t soon forget, The Paris Daughter is also a sweeping celebration of resilience, motherhood, and love..
Elise\'s desperate search leads her to New York--and to Juliette--one final, fateful time.
What happened to her Daughter in those last, terrible moments? Juliette has seemingly vanished without a trace, taking all the answers with her.
More than a year later, with the war finally ending, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter, only to find her friend\'s bookstore reduced to rubble--and Juliette nowhere to be found.
But nowhere is safe in war, not even a quiet little bookshop like Juliette\'s Librairie des Rêves, and, when a bomb falls on their neighborhood, Juliette\'s world is destroyed along with it.
When Elise becomes a target of the German occupation, she entrusts Juliette with the most precious thing in her life--her young daughter, playmate to Juliette\'s own little girl.
Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change.
Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne.
From the bestselling author of the heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism ( People ) The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation