A review by tamaralgage1
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
5.0
Over the past few years I have read many books about WWII from many different angles. It doesn’t seem possible that there can be a story which has been told before. Yet this book has done just that. I loved this story and highly recommend.
It is natural to assume what we would do in the face of historic events which faced the people of Paris in the 1940s. The author has developed a narrative of a young librarian working in the American Library in Paris and how the lessons she learned were shared with a young teen in Montana 40 years later. There are so many priceless quotes and lessons about libraries, human nature, and life that make this worth the read.
It is natural to assume what we would do in the face of historic events which faced the people of Paris in the 1940s. The author has developed a narrative of a young librarian working in the American Library in Paris and how the lessons she learned were shared with a young teen in Montana 40 years later. There are so many priceless quotes and lessons about libraries, human nature, and life that make this worth the read.