The Paris Daughter

Instant New York Times bestseller! From the bestselling author of the heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism (People) The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation. Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change. When Elise becomes a target of the German occupation, she entrusts Juliette with the most precious thing in her lifeher young daughter, playmate to Juliettes own little girl. But nowhere is safe in war, not even a quiet little bookshop like Juliettes Librairie des Rves, and, when a bomb falls on their neighborhood, Juliettes world is destroyed along with it. More than a year later, with the war finally ending, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter, only to find her friends bookstore reduced to rubbleand Juliette nowhere to be found. What happened to her daughter in those last, terrible moments? Juliette has seemingly vanished without a trace, taking all the answers with her. Elises desperate search leads her to New Yorkand to Julietteone final, fateful time. An exquisite and gut-wrenching novel (Lisa Barr, New York Times bestselling author) you wont soon forget, The Paris Daughter is also a sweeping celebration of resilience, motherhood, and love.