Janet Skeslien Charles skillfully navigates themes of love, marriage, sex, and commerce, as seen in her debut novel exploring the booming email-order bride industry. Her subsequent work delves into the true story of the courageous librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II, a narrative she encountered firsthand during her time working there. Through her fiction, Charles illuminates the complexities of human connection and historical events, offering readers compelling stories rooted in reality.
The instant New York Times bestseller, inspired by the true story of the librarians at the American Library in Paris who risked their lives during the Nazis' war on words: a story of courage, defiance and betrayal in Occupied Paris, perfect for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society.
In Odessa, Ukraine, Daria, a whip-smart engineer, spends her days underemployed as a secretary - a job she was lucky to get in this rotten economy. She spends her evenings moonlighting as an interpreter at an agency that matches lonely American men with beautiful-but-broke Ukrainian women. She spends her nights wondering if there is more. When an American client offers marriage and a one-way ticket out of poverty, Daria jumps at the chance.