Highly recommend! I was so invested in the characters and I loved the way the story jumped from past to present.

Well developed story line. Characters with lots of interesting personalities.

Beautifully written book that is hard to put down. Although one is quite familiar with the agonizing struggles of the Jews under German occupation this book puts you in touch with the suffering on a personal level. Parts of it are hard to read when the Ukrainians are experiencing similar circumstances as I read this book. I truly feel like I am cheating the author by paying 99 cents under this app. I am buying a hard copy and donating it to my local library. It is a wonderful book that will linger in my memory for ages.

Beautiful story!

Amazing! I becomes so wrapped up in the story and characters, I just couldn’t put it down. The story is a dual timeline, the story of Mathilde and Jacques set in Paris 1940 during the German occupation. A story of love and survival during a terrible time in history. Mathilde is passionate in her fight for freedom and Jacques is the quiet type running his little bookshop. But when Mathilde must escape Paris due to her involvement of the Resistance, Jacques stays behind. Slowly he gets involved with the Resistance and lives in constant fear of getting caught and if his beloved wife is still alive. The second timeline is in 2022 and Juliette story. Finding out during their vacation in Paris that her husband is cheating on her. She sends him packing and is drawn to a area in Paris that is the place of her grandmother favorite picture. The same cafe, the unusual lamppost. What is the story in this little part of Paris and there must be a reason it calls to Juliette. So she extends her stay and finds answers to her family past. Very moving story, have tissues ready. Not the ending I expected, but in real life probably happened more often then any of us could ever imagine. A definite must read! Thank you NetGalley for this eARC. I am voluntarily posting an honest review after reading an Advance Reader Copy of this story. #NetGalley #TheForgottenBookshopinParis #HarperCollinsPublishers