The Paris Daughter

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!

A breathtaking and heart-wrenching (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) historical novel about two mothers forced to make unimaginable choices as war engulfs France, from Kristin Harmel, the New York Times bestselling author.

Paris, 1939: Elise and Juliette form an instant bond when they meet in the picturesque Bois de Boulogne, unaware that the looming shadow of war will soon shatter their worlds.

As the German occupation takes hold, Elise is forced to flee, entrusting Juliette with the most precious thing in her life—her young daughter, who plays alongside Juliette’s own child. But even Juliette’s beloved bookshop, Librairie des Rves, is not immune to the devastation of war. When a bomb reduces her world to rubble, Elise returns after the war to find both the bookstore and Juliette gone—along with the answers to her daughter’s fate.

Elise’s desperate search takes her across the ocean to New York, where a long-buried truth awaits.

A moving tribute to resilience, motherhood, and the enduring power of love, The Paris Daughter is “historical fiction at its finest” (Sadeqa Johnson, New York Times bestselling author).