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Santa Cruz, 1953. The scar on Jean-Luc's face is a small price to pay for surviving the horrors of Nazi occupation in France. Now he has a new life in California, a family. He never expected the past to come knocking on his door. Paris, 1944. A young Jewish woman is herded onto a train bound for Auschwitz. In an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. Their destinies intertwined, the choices each person makes will change the future in ways neither could have imagined. -- adapted from jacket.
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While Paris slept, Ruth Druart
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- While Paris slept
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ruth Druart
- Publisher
- Headline
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN10
- 1472267974
- ISBN13
- 9781472267979
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, Family, USA, France, Military Fiction, Wars, World War II, Past, Emotions, Holocaust, Escape, Nazism, Paris, Hope, Fate, Genealogy, Search, Home, Rescue, Occupation, Deportation of Jews, Child Rescue
- First published
- 2021
- Original title
- While Paris Slept
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- Santa Cruz, 1953. The scar on Jean-Luc's face is a small price to pay for surviving the horrors of Nazi occupation in France. Now he has a new life in California, a family. He never expected the past to come knocking on his door. Paris, 1944. A young Jewish woman is herded onto a train bound for Auschwitz. In an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. Their destinies intertwined, the choices each person makes will change the future in ways neither could have imagined. -- adapted from jacket.