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Last Twilight in Paris

By: Pam Jenoff
Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer, Saskia Maarleveld
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

"A mesmerizing tale of love, female friendship, and heroism." —Lisa Scottoline, #1 bestselling author

A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff

London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before, when she worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe—and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war.

Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise discovers the dark history of Lévitan—a once-glamorous department store that served as a Nazi prison—and Helaine, a woman who was imprisoned there, torn apart from her husband when the Germans invaded France. Louise races to find the connection between the necklace, the store and Franny’s death. But nothing is as it seems, and there are forces determined to keep the truth buried forever… Historical Historical Fiction Jewish Heritage 20th Century Resilience War Women's Fiction World Literature Jewish
Engaging Plot • Unique Storyline • Terrific Performers • Unexpected Twist • Historical Insight • Compelling Characters

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The emotions felt during the second half of this book made it difficult to turn off. A nice story of personal effort and promise of fulfillment while also portraying how naive and horrible humanity can be.

I felt the characters.

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The author always writes World War II stories involving the Jewish people in some form or another. They are set in different countries, Poland, France, the UK, etc. The setting for this one is mostly Paris.

The author weaves a tale with two women at the stories core, one British, the other a French Jew. The story is a time slip taking place some in the 1930s before the war, some in the 40s during the war and some in the 50s. after the war.

I'm not an expert in how Jews in France were treated during the war but I know they weren't treated any better than anywhere else in Europe at that time. I knew many Jews had first been to a velodrome type of place before being processed to go further east where nothing good happened. The author in doing her research about the war learned that there were actually three sorts of auxiliary locations that served as prisons for Jews that for different reasons had a privileged status and were treated at least a little better but, most importantly, were not sent on east from there. unless they did something wrong.

The author then crafts a story around a locket that affected both ladies' lives in very meaningful ways.

This is a typical Jenoff tale, at least in my mind. Historical fiction centered around WWII involving Jews that were being persecuted and, while not being terrifying, comminate the horrors of the war but done in a heartwarming, in the end, fashion. I've enjoyed all of this author's books.

a tale of two women in WWII

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There was too much coincidence. It made the story less believable and therefore less impactful.

Story line

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This audiobook was enjoyable, heartbreaking, empowering! The way that lives interchanged and crossed remind us that things may happen by chance, but often for a reason

Women and WWIi

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There are many stories I’ve been told of my family and of other Jews about the war. This book shed light on a story that I had been told about differently, however. The story of Jewish prisoners forced to work as slave laborers in the heart of Paris, sorting and selling stolen Jewish household goods to German soldiers and French police after they had sent other Jews to concentration camps. A little slow to start, it picks up about 30% through and the last 30% of the book flies by.

Not graphic like other historical fiction regarding WWII. Beautiful storytelling by the author and narrator.

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