Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events: First Chapter/Intros, now hosted by Socrates Book Reviews; and Teaser Tuesdays hosted by The Purple Booker.
Today’s feature is a new book from a favorite author: Paris Never Leaves You, by Ellen Feldman.
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Intro: (Prologue)
Paris, 1944
They were ripping off the stars. Filthy fingers with broken dirt-encrusted nails were yanking and peeling and prying. Who would have thought they still had the strength? One woman was biting the threads that held hers tight to her torn jacket.
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Teaser: He begins to browse. She drops her voice to a whisper as she reads the nonsensical rhymes to her daughter. When she looks up after a while, she sees he is watching them (p. 63).
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Synopsis: Living through World War II working in a Paris bookstore with her young daughter, Vivi, and fighting for her life, Charlotte is no victim, she is a survivor. But can she survive the next chapter of her life?
Alternating between wartime Paris and 1950s New York publishing, Ellen Feldman’s Paris Never Leaves You is an extraordinary story of resilience, love, and impossible choices, exploring how survival never comes without a cost.
The war is over, but the past is never past.
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What do you think? Are you as excited as I am? Would you keep reading?
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SNOW SPARKS 
I hope you enjoy this book.
I will be looking for your review.
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Thanks, Elizabeth, I am very excited about it and hope to love it.
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Compelling intro, I hadn’t heard of this one but, I am curious.
Here’s mine for today:http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com/2020/08/first-chapter-first-paragraph-tuesday_11.html
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I love this author, and Paris in the title…a win for me! Thanks for visiting, Diane, and enjoy your book.
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I am so curious about this one! I have put it on my TBR list.
Here is mine for this week: https://collinesblog.com/2020/08/11/teaser-tuesday-word-by-word/
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I enjoy this author, so I’m eager to see what she does with this story. Thanks for visiting, Colline.
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I’ve been wanting to read this one. It sounds good. So many good books have been set in Paris these days.
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I love stories set in Paris, and I like that this one has a dual time line that will bring out a story from the 1950s.
Thanks for visiting, Yvonne.
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I love reading stories about WWII, and I’ve recently really gotten into stories that take a look at life shortly after the war ended. I’ll have to add this one to my list.
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I do, too, and adding another storyline from the 1950s appeals to me, too, Donna.
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nice, but sounds tough!!
Here’s mine https://francebooktours.com/2020/08/11/teaser-tuesday-falling-for-provence/
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Yes, definitely. Thanks for stopping by, Emma.
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