Can’t Wait Wednesday #37 – The Paris Daughter

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #37 pick! Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf.

From The Publisher:

From the bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation.

Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change.

When Elise becomes a target of the German occupation, she entrusts Juliette with the most precious thing in her life—her young daughter, playmate to Juliette’s own little girl. But nowhere is safe in war, not even a quiet little bookshop like Juliette’s Librairie des Rêves, and, when a bomb falls on their neighborhood, Juliette’s world is destroyed along with it.

More than a year later, with the war finally ending, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter, only to find her friend’s bookstore reduced to rubble—and Juliette nowhere to be found. What happened to her daughter in those last, terrible moments? Juliette has seemingly vanished without a trace, taking all the answers with her. Elise’s desperate search leads her to New York—and to Juliette—one final, fateful time.

The Paris Daughter is a sweeping celebration of resilience, motherhood, and love.

Why I Can’t Wait to Read The Paris Daughter:

I’m not a reader who normally enjoys books set during WWII but I have read other books by this author (The Book of Lost Names, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, How To Save A Life ) which I have enjoyed immensely and will give this one a try. It sounds like an emotional story but one I’m looking forward to starting it.

Does this book sound like one you’d like to read? Or, have you been lucky enough to have already read it? Let me know in the comments!

Other Editions of Can’t Wait Wednesday:

Can’t Wait Wednesday #36 – Drowning

Can’t Wait Wednesday #35 – Summer Stage

Can’t Wait Wednesday #34 – Someone Else’s Bucket List