The Room on Rue Amelie
by Krisitn Harmel is a story of the French Resistance in World War II. The
story opens in March 2002 as a elderly woman is dying and her husband begins to
recall when they met in occupied France. Flash back to December 1938, when
American Ruby Henderson meets Marcel Benoit and falls in love. They marry and
move to Paris to his apartment on Rue Amelie. It is a dangerous move as the
rumbles of war are being to spread. By September 1939, Hitler invades Poland
and World War II has begun. In their apartment building, Ruby befriends the
Dacher family, a Jewish couple with an 11-year-old daughter, Charlotte. By October
1940, Hitler has occupied Paris and trouble for Ruby and the Dacher family.
Soon Ruby and Charlotte are pulled in the French Resistance as part of the
chain which helps lead fallen Allied pilots out of France. A choice that puts
them all in danger. Despite the risks, they fearlessly help the pilots to the
next stop along the escape line. Will they be discovered? Will they survive the
war?
The Room on Rue Amelie
is a beautiful story about the strength of the human spirit in times of great
turmoil. While the book was marketed to fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and it does remind me of
that story as the French Resistance is a major thread of both books, The Room on Rue Amelie tells another
side of the French Resistance and focused more on the characters’ lives as they
deal with the occupation of Paris and the harsh treatments of the Jewish. I
enjoyed each character as they played their part in the struggle against the
occupation. I cried with them when tragedy happened and I held my breath as
they got closer to danger. I highly recommend The Room on Rue Amelie. If you have read The Nightingale, you will enjoy The
Room on Rue Amelie.
The Room on Rue Amelie
is available now in
hardcover and eBook
Paperback will be
available on October 23, 2018
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