While Paris Slept: A mother faces a heartbreaking choice in this bestselling story of love and courage in World War 2

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Las dos primeras partes de la novela, que nos desgranan la vida de Charlotte y Jean Luc en 1944, sin estar mal, no me transmitieron la dureza que cabía esperar. Yet this author glazes over the trauma of Sara and David in the Holocaust, doesn't give their characters asuch dimension as Jean Luc and Charlotte so readers will feel comfortable with this solution?

My second novel, The Last Hours in Paris is about a German soldier billeted to Paris during the occupation, then arrested and sent to the UK after liberation. But Jean-Luc is confronted by two men who arrive at their home asking him about circumstances that occurred back in France which threatens their happy life. The day Jean-Luc meets a young Jewish mother being sent to Auschwitz changes the course of his life. While Paris Slept is a book I highly recommend for fans of historical fiction who enjoy more in depth stories that take their time to unfold in a way you can truly bite into and savor. People and personalities have always fascinated me, and I studied psychology at Leicester University.

Nine years later Jean- Luc lives with Charlotte in in Santa Cruz California with now Nine-year-old Sam. Overall a solid read about the the choices a mother makes to ensure the survival of a child but the prose tends towards excessive sentimentality, the wartime atmosphere fails for convince and the story has a rather simplistic feel which the glib epilogue only reinforced. I remember when I saw the movie Sophie’s Choice, and I sat there watching Meryl Streep making the most critical decision of her life during that pivotal scene. I've said it before, I'm always a bit hesitant with WW2 fiction because there's so many novels out there and they all seem to be published at the same time in waves so it's hard to not compare.

trabaja en la estación de Bobigny, la estación de la que partían hacia Auschwitz, los trenes que salían del campo de tránsito de Drancy con su carga humana de judíos camino del exterminio. Alongside their story is another of love, a French Jewish couple who are captured and taken to Auschwitz. Es importante tener en cuenta que no es una novela que se centre en lo que fue la ocupación alemana o sus horrores.Herded onto a train bound for Auschwitz, in an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. Her resolve is admirable as she becomes aware of the sacrifice she must make and this is heartbreaking. Showing outstanding courage, the couple take some enormous risks as they navigate the dangers ahead knowing that they can trust nobody. This is a well written historical novel partly set in America in the early 1950’s and the Second World War years in Paris.

That was until a derailment and the workers were roused to put everything back on track so the train could leave.In 1953 Santa Cruz, CA, Jean-Luc and Charlotte Beauchamps are the proud parents of Sam, the all-American kid. While Paris Slept made me think and cry and rage and smile at mankind’s capacity for both beautiful, selfless love and terrible, heartbreaking cruelty. They knew the trains would be filled with the Jews who were being moved to special camps, but that’s all Jean-Luc would let his mind dwell on. Without spoilers, their journey leads to a life being saved and their bond strengthened but their future is uncertain as the past threatens to catch up with them. Beginning on an ordinary day and ending on an extraordinary one, WHILE PARIS SLEPT is an unforgettable read.