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A review by strawberrymivvy
Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
In occupied Paris during WWII Charlotte is working in a bookstore and just trying to keep herself and her young daughter alive.
Post war she is in New York, working in a publishing house and experiencing a very different life of abundance and optimism.
A story of survivor's guilt, resilience, what a mother will do for her child. The ending took me by surprise, but for all that I was glad the author didn't take the stereotypical, easy way out, and it was interesting to read the story of a "normal" person's experience of war, rather than someone heavily involved in the resistance, hiding Jews or flying planes!
Post war she is in New York, working in a publishing house and experiencing a very different life of abundance and optimism.
A story of survivor's guilt, resilience, what a mother will do for her child. The ending took me by surprise, but for all that I was glad the author didn't take the stereotypical, easy way out, and it was interesting to read the story of a "normal" person's experience of war, rather than someone heavily involved in the resistance, hiding Jews or flying planes!