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âA gorgeous, gut-wrenchingâ (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) historical novel about two mothers facing unthinkable choices as the Nazis invade Franceâfrom the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Harmel.
Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change.
When Elise becomes a target of the German occupation, she entrusts Juliette with the most precious thing in her lifeâher young daughter, playmate to Julietteâs own little girl. But nowhere is safe in war, not even a quiet little bookshop like Julietteâs Librairie des RÃĒves, and, when a bomb falls on their neighborhood, Julietteâs world is destroyed along with it.
When the war finally ends, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter, only to find her friendâs bookstore reduced to rubbleâand Juliette nowhere to be found. What happened to her daughter in those last, terrible moments? Juliette has seemingly vanished without a trace, taking all the answers with her. Eliseâs desperate search leads her to New Yorkâand to Julietteâone final, fateful time.
A sweeping celebration of resilience, motherhood, and love, The Paris Daughter is âhistorical fiction at its bestâ (Sadeqa Johnson, New York Times bestselling author).