THE LOST GIRLS OF PARIS is a book about sacrifices, courage, friendship, and about moving on.
1946 - Grace Healey is living in Manhattan and is trying to live a life without her husband who died during the war. While passing through Grand Central Terminal one morning, she finds a suitcase with some photographs that she in a moment of impulse snatches. Later on, she learns that the suitcase belongs to Eleanor Trigg, who was the leader of a ring of female secret agents during the war. Among the spies was there a young mother, Marie, who was sent to France to help the resistance.
We get to know three different women in THE LOST GIRLS OF PARIS. Through these different points of view, a complete story is told: how Eleanor worked to create this spy ring, the recruitment of Marie and her mission in France, and finally, Grace who discovers these photos and wants to investigate what really happened...
I found Eleanor's point of view and story to be the strongest part of this book. I found it hard to connect to the other two women. Eleanor had been through so much and worked so hard; her story really made an impression on me. I had a harder time enjoying Marie's story because of her timid demeanor and the contrived love story - two people who hardly interact suddenly falling in love was a little farfetched. Grace was somewhere between the other two for me. Her storyline was interesting, but as a character, she didn't reach Eleanor's level. Overall, this was a decent historical fiction novel.
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