Tags
artisans, asylums, catacombs, dyers, escapes, false imprisonment, France, German occupation 1940-1945, historical fiction, history, liberty, medical students, Paris (France), Poland, refugees, underground areas, underground movements, World War 1939-1945
I thought I had read every WW II story there is, but I hadn’t ever heard about this one.
“A resounding elegy of love, courage, and defiance. Paula McLain melds two timelines and one city into the kind of story you think about long after you’ve finished reading. Mysterious and haunting and timeless. I loved it.”—Ariel Lawhon, New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River
“Readers will be enthralled by McLain’s vivid storytelling, engaged with her memorable cast of characters, and enraged at the cruelties humans have exacted on one another throughout history.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“An enthralling plunge into deep layers of Paris history, both beautifully written and breathtakingly suspenseful. I could not put it down.”—Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
“Paula McLain is a story alchemist. In Skylark, she saturates our imaginations with the colorful threads of two distinct timelines. Artfully crafted and poetically rendered, this is the kind of historical fiction I live for—stories where the past acts as a mirror for the modern milieu.”—Sarah McCoy, New York Times bestselling author of Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?
