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A Week in Paris

Author(s): Rachel Hore

Location(s): Paris

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1930s moving forward

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A compelling story of war, secrets, family and history that will draw you into the heart of Paris and its troubled past.

Paris, 1937. Kitty Travers enrols at the Conservatoire on the banks of the Seine to pursue her dream of becoming a concert pianist. Soon she is swept off her feet by a handsome American doctor and starts a new life as a married woman. But what was a place of love and peace quickly becomes a prison after war breaks out and the city of light falls into shadow.

Nearly twenty-five years later, Fay Knox, a talented young violinist, visits Paris on tour with her orchestra. She barely knows the city, so why does it feel so familiar? Soon touches of memory become something stronger, and she realises her connection with these streets runs deeper than she ever expected.

As Fay traces the past, with only an address in an old rucksack to help her, she discovers dark secrets hidden years ago, secrets that cause her to question who she is and where she belongs…

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‘A tour de force. Rachel’s Paris is rich, romantic, exotic and mysterious’ Judy Finnigan

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