In 1939, at the American Library in Paris, Odile Souchet gets her dream job. She is fresh out of library school and her love of books, the Dewey Decimal System and desire to help others makes her a …
The novel gives us real people who recognized the connections between books, liberty, and truth, and did their best to see that those links remained unsevered.
Of book power & friendship bonds
The obsession with World War II continues and from all indications, is not likely to die down anytime soon. Paris, 1939: Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet
| 1 April 2021 1:52 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: The obsession with World War II continues and from all indications, is not likely to die down anytime soon. Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; Remy, her twin brother who she adores; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library s legendary director, Dorothy Reeder.
When World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear including her beloved library. After the Nazi army marches into the City of Light and declares a war on words, Odile and her fellow librarians join the Resistance with the best weapons they have: books. Again and again, they risk their lives to help their fellow Jewish readers, but by war s end, Odile tastes th
Meet the Authors | Virtual appearances on tap The Columbus Dispatch
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Janet Skeslien Charles: Born in Montana, Skeslien Charles now divides her time between the western state and Paris. Both locales figure in her new historical fiction, “The Paris Library.” Set during World War II and also in contemporary times, the novel takes place at the real American Library in Paris, the largest library of English books on the European mainland. Skeslien Charles will appear in a virtual event presented by Gramercy Books and moderated by Columbus Metropolitan Library CEO Patrick Losinski at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets cost $5, or $30 including a copy of the book. Visit gramercybooksbexley.com and Eventbrite.com.