Book description
Hugo Marston’s friend Paul Rogers dies unexpectedly in a locked room at the American Library in Paris. The police conclude that Rogers died of natural causes, but Hugo is certain mischief is afoot. As he pokes around the library, Hugo discovers that rumors are swirling around some recently donated letters…
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This beautifully written historical novel is based on the life of American librarian, Dorothy Reeder. It intertwines two stories—that of Lily, a lonely teenager in 1980s Montana, and Odile Souchet (Reeder), who worked as Director of the American Library in Paris through World War II.
Having married and returned to Montana after the war, Souchet is widowed and lonely when Lily knocks on her door. In their conversations, Souchet reveals her extraordinary part in the efforts of staff at the American Library to deliver books first to soldiers and then, against Nazi orders, to Jewish Parisians during World War II.
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