I enjoyed this novel that alternated between 1940s Paris and 1980s Montana. Odile is a new librarian at the American Library in Paris. She loves her new job and her colleagues and customers, and she has fallen in love with a young policeman. However, the German occupation of Paris changes everything for her, raising tensions and increasing the danger for everyone. Lily meets Odile in the 1980s, where Odile has lived since immigrating with her new American husband after the war. As the stories go back and forth, we learn what happened to Odile in Paris and why she left everything behind to come to America. Teenage Lily has befriended Odile during a difficult time in Lily's life. Lily's mother has died, her father remarries after a while, and they have two young sons. Lily is struggling to adjust to her new family, and Odile provides another adult perspective that helps Lily navigate her way. This was an interesting read, based on some real-life characters in Paris, although Odile's and Lily's characters are fictional. Nevertheless, the book has some flaws, specifically that the ending is fairly abrupt and it is hard to believe that Odile's character would make the decisions that she did.
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