A review by joabroda
Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris by Alex Kershaw

informative sad medium-paced

3.0

 The Story of Dr. Sumner and Toquette Jackson, during the occupation of Paris in WWII. The Jackson's home was on Avenue Foch, the high-end address of the upper crust of Paris. Many of the homes were taken over by Nazi's when occupation began, but the Jackson's were fortunate (or maybe unfortunate) to be able to remain in their home. As the war and espionage grew deeper, Torquette found herself helping the Resistance, meanwhile her husband was doing the same at The American Hospital.

I was hoping to love this book, however it turned out just OK for me. This is my second book by Krenshaw and I enjoyed The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II much more. It appeared to me that there was more than enough information to write an excellent account of this true story, however parts of it seemed forced and there was a lot of repetition throughout.

Not great, just ok.