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Sep 20, 2020carolefort rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It appears that I have, by chance, read several WWII novels this year and Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman is at the top of the list with five well-deserved stars. During the four-year German occupation of Paris, the lives of the citizens were turned upside down. They had to learn to live with hunger, terror, fear, cruelty and mistrust. Charlotte managed a bookshop and cared for her infant daughter, Vivi. When the German troops were finally pushed out, Charlotte and child emigrated to New York where she found work and friendship in the publishing world. But her memories of the war were ruining her new life. The story alternates between the forties in Europe and the fifties in America. What happened to Charlotte during the war that is haunting her still? Will her daughter be told the truth? This novel has interesting characters and a well-developed storyline. Highly recommended. Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, NetGalley and Ellen Feldman for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.