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The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

By: Daisy Wood
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow, Tom Lawrence
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Summary

From an exciting new voice in WWII historical fiction comes a tale of love, loss and a betrayal that echoes through generations…

Paris, 1940: War is closing in on the city of love. With his wife forced into hiding, Jacques must stand by and watch as the Nazis take away everything he holds dear. Everything except his last beacon of hope: his beloved bookshop, La Page Cachée.

But when a young woman and her child knock on his door one night and beg for refuge, he knows his only option is to risk it all once more to save a life…

Modern day: Juliette and her husband have finally made it to France on the romantic getaway of her dreams – but as the days pass, all she discovers is quite how far they’ve grown apart. She’s craving a new adventure, so when she happens across a tiny, abandoned shop with a for-sale sign in the window, it feels fated.

And she’s about to learn that the forgotten bookshop hides a lot more than meets the eye…

A heartbreaking tale of love and loss in war, perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Jennifer Chiaverini.

©2022 Daisy Wood (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"A ticking time-bomb of intrigue, wrapped around stark but rich descriptions of the Blitz. An unforgettable wartime debut." (Mandy Robotham, internationally bestselling author of The Berlin Girl)

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I loved it

this book was engaging from start to finish I could visualise each character n really enjoyed different times that merged into one .

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Pleasant enough but shallow at times

There are two stories running through the book, one focusing on an American lady taking on a bookshop in Paris whilst the other story revisits the lives of the previous owners during the Nazi occupation of Paris. The modern day story was pleasant enough and a quite enjoyable listen. However, I did find it wandered into Mills and Boon territory at times with the style of the prose which detracted from the storyline itself. The second storyline was, for me, the more interesting one and did build up tension on a number of occasions but, this is a story about the holocaust and resistance and it was quite shallow at times in as much as it kept the storyline to a basic, flat level without developing the many characters involved. Having said that, I did enjoy the book but would probably not read another by the author.

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Loved the war narration

Enjoyed the war story Loved the characters the storyline was engaging and narration very good it was only the other story for me let it down The American lady meeting Parisian man and falling in love too corny otherwise this could have been an absorbing novel

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