Kristin Harmel Collection (The Room on Rue Amelie & The Book of Lost Names) 2 Books Set - Fiction - Paperback

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• The Room on Rue Amelie A powerful novel of fate, resistance, and family. War has torn them apart . . . Can fate bring them back together? When newlywed Ruby Henderson Benoit arrives in Paris in 1939 with her French husband Marcel, she imagines strolling arm in arm along the grand boulevards, awash in the golden afternoon light. But war is looming on the horizon, and as France falls to the Nazis, Ruby’s marriage begins to splinter, too. Charlotte Dacher is eleven when the Germans take over the French capital and her parents are suddenly deported, tearing her life apart. Her kind neighbour, Ruby, offers to step in and look after her. But can they work together to mend their broken hearts
• and summon the courage to defy the Nazis
• as they fight to survive? The Book of Lost Names Throughout WW2, forgers helped thousands escape Nazi-occupied France. In this international bestseller, Kristin Harmel reimagines their story... In 1942, Eva is forced to flee Paris after the arrest of her father, a Polish Jew. Finding refuge in a small mountain town, she begins forging identity documents for Jewish children escaping to neutral Switzerland. But erasing people comes with a price, and along with a mysterious, handsome forger named Rémy, Eva realises she must find a way to preserve the real names of the children who are too young to remember their own identities. When Rémy disappears and the resistance cell they work for is betrayed, the records they keep in 'The Book of Lost Names' become even more crucial to remembering the truth. A present day discovery of the book leaves researchers fascinated by its origins and desperate to decipher its codes. Only Eva holds the answer but will she have the strength to face old memories and help reunite those lost during the war?