While Paris Slept: A mother faces a heartbreaking choice in this bestselling story of love and courage in World War 2

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While Paris Slept: A mother faces a heartbreaking choice in this bestselling story of love and courage in World War 2

While Paris Slept: A mother faces a heartbreaking choice in this bestselling story of love and courage in World War 2

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Both epic and intimate, this unexpected story had me completely and utterly enraptured. You'll have your heart in your mouth and tears on your cheeks as it reaches its rich, life-affirming conclusion' Louise Candlish

While Paris Slept is an impressive debut that was hard to put down. Perfect book club read as it raises many questions with no easy answers. The story then jumps to 1953 with the couple trying to start a new life in America after the end of the war.... Read Full Review

This is a well written historical novel partly set in America in the early 1950’s and the Second World War years in Paris. The central premise is that of love and sacrifice and so it is very moving at times. Jean Luc Beauchamp, his wife Charlotte and son Sam now live in Santa Cruz, California but during the war Jean Luc worked on railway maintenance at Bobigny, where from Drancy Station French Jews were transported to Auschwitz. In 1953 he is taken in for questioning about his wartime role. The story is told from several points of view including Jean Luc, Charlotte and a Jewish woman, Sarah in the two timelines. Son muchas las emociones que me ha suscitado este libro. Rabia, como me ocurre siempre que leo una novela sobre la Francia ocupada, ante esa doblez de los ciudadanos franceses, que no querían ver lo que estaba ocurriendo con sus vecinos judíos, que mayoritariamente les volvieron la espalda, pero que, acabada la guerra, barrieron sus miserias bajo la alfombra y blanquearon su imagen. Desgraciadamente para ellos, lo que aconteció está documentado. Podrán borrarlo de sus memorias, pero no de la memoria de la historia. Overall, though, this is a wonderful novel. We get to know the main characters well enough to care about how things will turn out for them. The familial struggles that take place are extreme and heart-wrenching. You will definitely need some tissues at the ready by the time you reach the end. Druart offers, in addition, a thoughtful, sensitive, and moving look at the challenges people face when confronted by evil, and by impossible choices. It asks the question, “So, what would you do?” Wasn’t that collaboration? Pretending nothing had happened. As readers we can’t help but feel the weight of the Nazi occupation and its impact on Sarah, her husband David, even Jean-Luc and Charlotte, as well as a nurse that he meets at a German hospital. On a darkened platform two destinies become entangled. Their choice will change the future in ways neither could have imagined.

A heartbreaking debut. The novel delves into eternal questions: How far will we go to protect our child? Is love holding tightly or letting go?' Janet Skeslien Charles, author of The Paris Library This may be a different scenario, but it almost had a similar reaction for me. Because parents are having to make difficult decisions. Ruth Druart grew up on the Isle of Wight, moving away at the age of eighteen to study psychology at Leicester University. She has lived in Paris since 1993, where she has followed a career in teaching. She has recently taken a sabbatical, so that she can follow her dream of writing full-time. Sin embargo, lo que me ha desgarrado ha sido la frustración y el dolor de Sarah, que ve como el tiempo le ha robado a su hijo. El niño que recuperan no sabe ni entiende de las penurias que sufrieron sus padres ni de su enorme sacrificio. Ha sido criado en otro ambiente y ni se adapta ni quiere adaptarse. Si grande es el sufrimiento de Sarah, no menos grande es el de ese niño de nueve años que es Samuel.Overall, this novel has so many elements to it that it makes for compelling reading. Recommended for fans of historical fiction. Alongside their story is another of love, a French Jewish couple who are captured and taken to Auschwitz. A decision made means they have a passion to survive but is that enough?... Read Full Review La trama, dividida en cuatro partes y un epílogo, se mueve en dos planos temporales, uno en la Francia ocupada de 1944, el otro en Francia y EEUU ya en 1953. In my early twenties I moved to Paris, where I enjoyed a career in teaching. Paris was in fact the city that inspired me to write, as I discovered its rich and troubled past, and I now run a writing group here. Sebastian Kleinhaus no longer recognnises himself. Forced to join the Third Reich and wear a uniform he despises, he longs for a way out.

At times it felt over written and ‘cheesy’ but I had to listen to the end … else I’d feel complicit in their suffering. While Paris Slept is the debut novel by Ruth Druart. The story originates in Paris during the Second World War, moving on to both Paris and California in the 1950s. It is a harrowing and extremely moving tale of the horrors of war and the strength of parental love. While Paris Slept is the debut novel by Ruth Druart and I’m astounded that it’s the author first book! A wonderful, heartbreaking story told in two timeframes and in varying voices, the power of love stands out strongly. Also, the strength of a mother’s love for her child and what she would do for that child is outstanding. While Paris Slept is one I’ll remember for a long time to come. Highly recommended.History Makers: Female Writers Dominate the 2023 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Shortlist

Paris, 1944. A young woman's future is torn away in a heartbeat. Herded on to a train bound for Auschwitz, in an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. All she has left is hope. A heartbreaking debut. The novel delves into eternal questions: How far will we go to protect our child? Is love holding tightly or letting go? Jean-Luc is arrested in the USA for kidnapping a child and so begins the question of doing what is right for a child becomes central. Is letting go the right thing to do, or do you fight all the way.Verhalen waarbij oorlog en Auschwitz een belangrijke rol spelen trekken mij aan, zo ook het verhaal van Sarah en David en Charlotte en Jean Luc What a book, I absolutely loved it. An ingenious plot, wonderful believable characters and it moved me to tears. A fabulous read Historical fiction fans rejoice. A new voice has entered the arena and we think she’s one to watch...." Woman & Home - Best Books 2021 Paris 1944. A young woman's future is torn away in a heartbeat. Herded on to a train bound for Auschwitz, in an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. All she has left now is hope. Although I was a bit rattled by the leveling of criminal charges against Jean-Luc, who fled France with his girlfriend and baby in tow. He fled to survive the Nazi occupation in France and started a new life in California. The other storyline is about Sarah and David, a Jewish couple who are snatched by the Nazis and shipped to the Polish death camps but somehow survive to be reunited.



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