Thursday, February 3, 2022

Book Spotlight Fridays! Until Leaves Fall in Paris

 

Book Beginnings and Friday56


Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader and share a non-spoiler sentence or two.

Enjoying this WW2 historical fiction from Sarah Sundin: 


Until Leaves Fall in Paris





About the book:

As the Nazis march toward Paris in 1940, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite English-language bookstore to allow the Jewish owners to escape. Lucie struggles to run Green Leaf Books due to oppressive German laws and harsh conditions, but she finds a way to aid the resistance by passing secret messages between the pages of her books.

Widower Paul Aubrey wants nothing more than to return to the States with his little girl, but the US Army convinces him to keep his factory running and obtain military information from his German customers. As the war rages on, Paul offers his own resistance by sabotaging his product and hiding British airmen in his factory. After they meet in the bookstore, Paul and Lucie are drawn to each other, but she rejects him when she discovers he sells to the Germans. And for Paul to win her trust would mean betraying his mission.

Master of WWII-era fiction Sarah Sundin invites you onto the streets of occupied Paris to discover whether love or duty will prevail.

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Book Beginnings

As long as she kept dancing, Lucille Girard could pretend the world wasn't falling apart.

Friday 56

Paul hung up the phone.  Bentley Young's nurse had called to set an appointment to discuss treatment of Paul's fictitious ulcer.

My thoughts so far

I'm finding Sarah Sundan's stories very enjoyable and she is fast becoming a favourite historical fiction author of mine.  And it is always fun to visit Paris.

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14 comments:

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    1. I have about 30% still to go, but so far it is very interesting.

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  2. I wouldn't probably like this book. Especially if it has some true elements.

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    1. This one is actually very mild in that sense.

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  3. I enjoy World War II historical fiction. This sounds good. Glad you're enjoying it.

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  4. This sounds like a great book although I'm sure there's some difficult moments as well, considering the historical background! I hope you continue to enjoy it and that you have a lovely weekend :)
    Juli @ A Universe in Words

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    1. Luckily this one was more mild with regards to the suffering.

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  5. Historical fiction, a ballerina and a bookstore! I will definitely have to check this one out. I am glad you are enjoying it! Have a great weekend!

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  6. Glad you are enjoying this one, Sarita. Here's my post: https://cindysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2022/02/first-line-friday-37-dreams-of-gold.html

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  7. I love her stories!! Great historical author! Happy weekend!

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    1. Yes! Only read 5 of her books, including this one, but want to work on her backlist.

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