![]() I connected with the characters and reminisced over my own childhood and adult library experiences. ![]() I nervously trembled in fear and let out my breath when the characters were safe on the next page. I fell in love with this story from nearly the first page. Odile – THE PARIS LIBRARY by Janet Skeslien Charles The Library is a bridge of books between cultures. Because no other thing possesses that mystical faculty to make people see with other people’s eyes. As their lives intersect, more of Odile’s story is shared along with Lily’s and we learn more about these two characters and how necessary they are to each other.īut seriously, why books. Other chapters focus on a new character, Lily in 1983, in Montana. Odile, a librarian in the American Library in Paris, begins her story in 1933 and takes us through the war in Paris to September 1944. The library was more than bricks and books its mortar was people who cared…The library felt like home. These librarians and volunteers made sure books were still in the hands of readers no matter what. ![]() This novel is based on real people that risked their own lives to keep the American Library in Paris open during WWII. Book lovers and historical fiction fans unite in a book that celebrates libraries, books, relationships, and hope. ![]()
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