![]() ![]() Forty years later a thirteen year old girl, Lily, living in small town Montana, introduces herself to her elderly neighbour, Mrs. Reeder, the library provides an extensive range of reading material in English and French to their subscribers, and as war begins, becomes a haven for the community. Under the direction of the aptly named Ms. Inspired by true events, The Paris Library is an engaging historical novel by Janet Skeslien Charles.Ī dual timeline introduces Odile Souchet, who is thrilled when she gains her dream job at The American Library in Paris in February of 1939. Soldiers need books, need to know their friends at the Library care. ![]() Subscribers depend on us for news, for community. ![]() “‘Libraries are lungs,’ she scrawled, her pen barely able to keep up with her ideas, ‘books the fresh air breathed in to keep the heart beating, to keep the brain imagining, to keep hope alive. Status: Read June 2020 courtesy Hachette/Netgalley ![]()
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