The Paris Daughter [Audiobook]

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From the bestselling author of the heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism (People) The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation. 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 life--her young daughter playmate to Juliettes own little girl. But nowhere is safe in war not even a quiet little bookshop like Juliettes Librairie des Reves and when a bomb falls on their neighborhood Juliettes world is destroyed along with it. More than a year later with the war finally ending Elise returns to reunite with her daughter only to find her friends bookstore reduced to rubble--and 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. Elises desperate search leads her to New York--and to Juliette--one final fateful time. An exquisite and gut-wrenching novel (Lisa Barr New York Times bestselling author) you wont soon forget The Paris Daughter is also a sweeping celebration of resilience motherhood and love.