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Hoping one of these will pull me out of the reading slump abyss 📚🤞

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This engaging dual time line story(1943/1953)kept me riveted throughout.It‘s fast-paced,a tale of love, survival, & the challenges of war. Two woman are the protagonists, Helene is a POW living and working in the Levitan,a department store in occupied Paris. Her job is to sort confiscated Jewish goods for resale to Nazi officers.Louise, once a Red Cross volunteer who delivered packages to POWs during WWII,is now a ⬇️

This was a quick read but it wasn't as thrilling as I wanted it to be. Very interesting story though

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Finished this tonight. Initially I read it, then put it aside, then picked it up again, etc. As usual, I need to sit on the book before i review it here. I am glad I read it.

Reading this in Paris truly added the extra magic to the story! I went to Shakespeare and Company and couldn't imagine sleeping there. I saw Olympia and felt how one could be taken in by the need to know it all. I didn't seek the cuisine quite deliberately because...gross lol iykyk I'm eager to read the next one the author is writing right now!

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#Bibliophile #LostInTitle one of my favorite books about the time period. She knew everyone who came through Paris at the time.Hemingway,Fitzgerald, Stein, James Joyce . She was the first to publish Ulysses.

From a bubble of privilege, she extolled idleness. I think one must be idle in order to become oneself, she wrote. 'If you have a profession you become part of that profession. With work you become a function. With idleness you become who you are.'

My May choice for #ReadOrDonate has been sitting on my shelves for years. It‘s time!

What will everyone else be reading?