An engaging and evocative novel reminiscent of The Lost Girls of Paris and The Alice Network, The Book of Lost Names is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of bravery and love in the face of evil.
I loved how this book opened...an aging librarian who opens up a newspaper and is transported to her secret life as a World War II forger.....almost 40 years before. The elderly Eva is a bit unlikable as she refuses to communicate with her son, hops on a plane to France and tries to face her past on her own. But the story of 23 year old Eva is one of courage as she joins the resistance in France, by forging documents for children so they can be transported into Switzerland. Since their names must be changed, Eva finds a way to keep track of their original names in "The Book of Lost Names".
As a fan of the World War II romance genre, this was another good read for me, especially the different focus on forgery and also a different country in the war effort against the Nazis.
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