Last Twilight in Paris, Pam Jenoff
Last Twilight in Paris, Pam Jenoff
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Last Twilight in Paris

Bestseller

Author: Pam Jenoff

Narrator: Thérèse Plummer, Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 10 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/04/2025


Synopsis

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

"A fast-paced and vibrant wartime tale of holding on to love against the odds and learning to fight for the truth." ­­–Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Daughter

A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff

London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a department store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before, when she worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe —and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war. 
 
Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise seeks help from her former boss Ian, with whom she shares a romantic history.  The necklace leads them to discover the dark history of Lévitan—a once-glamorous department store that served as a Nazi prison, and Helaine, a woman who was imprisoned there, torn apart from her husband when the Germans invaded France.
 
Louise races to find the connection between the necklace, the department store and Franny’s death. But nothing is as it seems, and there are forces determined to keep the truth buried forever. Inspired by the true story of Lévitan, Last Twilight in Paris is both a gripping mystery and an unforgettable story about sacrifice, resistance and the power of love to transcend in even the darkest hours.
 

About Pam Jenoff

If there were a story about empowered women, Pam Jenoff would certainly be a great example. She was born in Maryland and grew up outside of Philadelphia. She went to Cherokee High School, George Washington University, Cambridge University, and University of Pennsylvania. Her university work garnered her a Master's Degree in history and a Juris Doctorate Degree in Law. After receiving her master's, she accepted an appointment as Special Assistant to the Army, where she observed and participated in special operations at the highest levels of government. Some of those included......helping secure a memorial for Pan Am 103 victims at Arlington Cemetery, observing recovery efforts at the Oklahoma City bombing, and attending the ceremonies to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of WW II at European sites. Pam then moved to the State Department, after which she was assigned to the U.S. Consulate in Krakow, Poland. She developed close relations with the surviving Jewish community.

In 1996, she went to law school, and now teaches at Rutgers University. She is also the author of The Kommandant's Girl, The Winter Guest, The Diplomat's Wife, The Ambassador's Daughter, Almost Home, A Hidden Affair, The Things We Cherished, and her most recent work, The Other Girl. Pam is a resident of Haddonfield, New Jersey with her husband and three children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren on January 04, 2025

London, 1953. Louise Burns is married to veteran Joe, post-war life isn’t what she expected, Joe has bad dreams and he won’t talk to her about them, and she works part time in a second-hand shop and has two children. One day Louise is going through a box and she discovers a necklace inside and it’s m......more

Goodreads review by Shantha (ShanthasBookEra) on March 01, 2025

This is my first Pam Jenoff novel, and I will certainly be reading more by this author. Jenoff masterfully weaves real elements into the historical backdrop of WWII France. The story is told in a dual timeline ten years apart. We meet Helaine, a Jewish girl who falls in love with a cellist and has a......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews on February 04, 2025

We meet Louise who delivered packages to prisoners of war during World War II and Helaine who was a prisoner in the Levitan department store taken over by the Nazis that housed goods stolen from Jewish homes. The prisoners had to sort through all of the goods, and the German officers would stop by to......more

Goodreads review by Christine on October 03, 2024

Last Twilight in Paris By: Pam Jenoff Pub Date: February 4, 2025 Publisher: Park Row Jenoff is an auto-buy for me. I look forward to all her books because her books transcend me to the past and part of history which involves parts that are not always easy to talk about, but a must. This novel takes us o......more

Goodreads review by Stephanielikesbooks on February 09, 2025

It’s only February and I’ve already read several excellent historical fiction novels, including this one. Inspired by true events, this is a story set in two timelines (1940s and the 1950s) about two women, Helaine and Louisa, during WWII and told from their respective POVs. The author shines a light......more