IN THE DARKNESS OF WAR, THE LIGHT OF BOOKS'A wonderful novel celebrating the power of books and libraries to change people's lives' Jill Mansell'Heart-breaking and heart-lifting and always enchanting' Ruth Hogan'I devoured The Paris Library in one hungry gulp . . .charming and moving' Tatiana de Rosnay'An irresistible, compelling read' Fiona Davis'Paris and libraries. What's not to love?!' Natasha Lester'Delightful, richly detailed' Publishers' WeeklyPARIS, 1939Odile Souchet is obsessed with books, and her new job at the American Library in Paris - with its thriving community of students, writers and book lovers - is a dream come true. When war is declared, the Library is determined to remain open.But then the Nazis invade Paris, and everything changes.In Occupied Paris, choices as black and white as the words on a page become a murky shade of grey - choices that will put many on the wrong side of history, and the consequences of which will echo for decades to come.MONTANA, 1983Lily is
