![]() The Paris Library’s dual narratives explore the relationships that make us who we are – family and friends, first loves and favorite authors. Lily, a lonely teenager yearning to break free of Froid, is obsessed by the French woman who lives next door.Īs the two become friends, Odile sees herself in Lily – the same love of language, the same longings, the same lethal jealousy. Though most adults are cowed by her, the neighbor girl will not let her be. ![]() Widowed and alone, Odile suffers the solitary confinement of small-town life. Yet when war is declared, there's also a war on words. She soon has it all – a handsome police officer beau, an English best friend, and a job at the American Library in Paris, a thriving community of students, writers, diplomats, and book lovers. ![]() Odile Souchet is obsessed with books and the Dewey Decimal System, which makes order out of chaos. ![]()
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