The Paris Library

Nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Favorite Historical Fiction (2021).

A novel about friendship and love, family, and the power of literature, based on the history of the American Library in Paris during World War II.

Paris, 1939. Young and ambitious Odile Suchet has it all: family and a lover, friends, and a dream job at the American Library. When the Nazis capture Paris, Odile risks losing both her loved ones and her beloved job. Together with her fellow librarians, Odile joins the Resistance movement, and instead of weapons, they have books. What will the girl feel when the war finally ends: the taste of freedom or the unspeakable bitterness of betrayal?

Montana, 1983. Lily is a lonely teenager in a small town in the northern United States, seeking solace after the death of her mother. Her neighbor is a lonely elderly lady. French lessons, intense jealousy, great longing and the joy of being understood are what unites the two friends. But are they ready to look into the secrets of the past...