Name: The Postmistress of Paris: A Novel
Price: 288.00 ZAR
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Author: Meg Waite Clayton
ISBN: 9780062946997

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Meg Waite Clayton

Publisher

Harper Paperbacks

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.0 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.30 kg.

ISBN13

9780062946997

Synopsis "The Postmistress of Paris: A Novel "

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK* A GMA BUZZ PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK* AN AMAZON BEST OF THE MONTH PICK, LITERATURE AND FICTION*A PEOPLE MAGAZINE PICKThe New York Times bestselling author of The Last Train to London revisits the dark early days of the German occupation in France in this haunting novel--a love story and a tale of high-stakes danger and incomparable courage--about a young American heiress who helps artists hunted by the Nazis escape from war-torn Europe.Wealthy, beautiful Naneé was born with a spirit of adventure. For her, learning to fly is freedom. When German tanks roll across the border and into Paris, this woman with an adorable dog and a generous heart joins the resistance. Known as the Postmistress because she delivers information to those in hiding, Naneé uses her charms and skill to house the hunted and deliver them to safety.Photographer Edouard Moss has escaped Germany with his young daughter only to be interned in a French labor camp. His life collides with Nanée's in this sweeping tale of romance and danger set in a world aflame with personal and political passion.Inspired by the real life Chicago heiress Mary Jayne Gold, who worked with American journalist Varian Fry to smuggle artists and intellectuals out of France, The Postmistress of Paris is the haunting story of an indomitable woman whose strength, bravery, and love is a beacon of hope in a time of terror.

Meg Waite Clayton

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Born in Washington D.C., Meg Waite Clayton is a novelist with degrees in Law, History, and Psychology from the University of Michigan. She worked as a lawyer for a few years and began writing after moving to a farm on the outskirts of Baltimore

She has contributed to media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, Writer's Digest, and Runner's World, as well as participating in radio programs

Her literary debut was The Language of Light, and with The Wednesday Sisters, Clayton became a bestseller. The Last Train to Freedom is her first work translated into Spanish. In it, the author takes the reader to 1936 following the footsteps of a young Stephan Neuman, from a Jewish family residing in Vienna.

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