Great Love

While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart is a powerful historical novel that will break your heart.

The action is mainly set in occupied Paris in 1944 and in Santa Cruz in 1953. The voices alternate within the chapters.

This is a novel about the great love for a child. It is a love that is self-sacrificing as needs are put aside to do whatever is best for the child.

Occupied Paris was a terrible place to be. Suspicion lurked around every corner. Trust was in short supply. Terror reigned. “It’s amazing how quickly people learn when taught with fear.”

There were extraordinary acts of great courage performed by ordinary men and women with everything to lose and nothing to personally gain. They acted because it was the right thing to do. In the face of great evil, personal safety was pushed aside.