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A review by krob41288
The Paris Orphan by Natasha Lester
Thanks to the publisher and the author of this book for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I'll be honest, I normally avoid WWII fiction narrative because they seem to romanticize the war so I was expecting the same for this book but I am happy to say this book proved me wrong. Natasha Lester's novel is told in the dual perspective of Jessica May and D'Arcy Hallworth with sixty years between the narrative. We see life on 1942 and the subsequent years of the war through the eyes of Jess as she navigates being a woman reporter on the front lines of the war and her attempts to be taken seriously, not just as a former model who is writing for Vogue magazine. D'Arcy is an art handler who has been given the chance of a lifetime to pack up the works of a reclusive artist know only as The Photographer. Each part of the narrative builds on the other and the mystery and romance in each timeline made this book so hard to put down. I found myself laughing and cheering the characters on as well as crying with them, in all I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a great historical fiction read.
I'll be honest, I normally avoid WWII fiction narrative because they seem to romanticize the war so I was expecting the same for this book but I am happy to say this book proved me wrong. Natasha Lester's novel is told in the dual perspective of Jessica May and D'Arcy Hallworth with sixty years between the narrative. We see life on 1942 and the subsequent years of the war through the eyes of Jess as she navigates being a woman reporter on the front lines of the war and her attempts to be taken seriously, not just as a former model who is writing for Vogue magazine. D'Arcy is an art handler who has been given the chance of a lifetime to pack up the works of a reclusive artist know only as The Photographer. Each part of the narrative builds on the other and the mystery and romance in each timeline made this book so hard to put down. I found myself laughing and cheering the characters on as well as crying with them, in all I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a great historical fiction read.