Paris Echo

I’m right down the middle on this one, so I’m giving it three stars. There were certainly things I liked about it, but there were some things that didn’t work for me. The narrative alternates between two characters who are very different, yet alike in some ways. Their paths cross in Paris while they......more

4 stars to this story of unlikely friendship! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Hannah is an American historian, and she’s studying World War II in Paris (sounds like something I’d love to do!). She harbors some resentment towards the City of Lights due to something in her past when she was younger. Hannah meets Tariq, a......more

Hannah is an American historian who is in Paris to do some research. She’s writing about the lives of women who were present in Paris during the German Occupation. She listens for hours to recordings these women made detailing what living in Paris was like at that time and how these women felt about......more

Things you would learn from reading this book (many of which you may know, but some of which you may not): - Extensive detail about the Paris metro – the lines, stations (and the reasons for many of their names) and interchanges - Paris has many districts away from the main tourist areas, each with t......more