Fleur and Colette were raised together, but their statuses were very different. Fleur was the orphaned niece of Colette's family's housekeeper. It was not likely that she would eventually grow up to marry a wealthy man which was what Colette was being groomed for. None of that mattered when they were young and closer than even some blood sisters. They made a vow to always be sisters, but that vow was tested more than once.
DAUGHTERS OF PARIS by Elisabeth Hobbes is a work of historical fiction that follows the two women through the years that France was occupied. Fleur and Colette chose different ways to cope and survive the changes and challenges WW II brought. Their different perspectives are skillfully presented. One discovers what is truly worth doing and the other finds strength she didn't know she had. They didn't always agree and sometimes they surprised one another but made it very clear that the one true thing they shared was the strength of their friendship.
In this beautifully told story, Elisabeth Hobbes brings to readers a powerful and moving story that brings to life the power of an enduring friendship under the worst of times. DAUGHTERS OF PARIS is well worth reading. Highly recommended.
A promise that binds them together. A war that pulls them apart.
Childhood companions Fleur and Colette make a vow, under the trailing ivy of their secret garden, that they will be secret sisters forever. But as they grow up, the promises of childhood are put to the ultimate test. For Colette is the daughter of the house, and her life is all jazz clubs, silk dresses and chilled champagne, while Fleur is the orphan niece of the housekeeper and doesn’t feel like she belongs anywhere.
Years later, in 1939, life as they know it will never be the same. As the German tanks roll in and Paris becomes an occupied city, the promise they made as children will have consequences they could never have imagined…
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