Back in France in 1939, Amelie Maurois is a seventeen year old woman who loves to paint, and is actually quite good at it, she wants to become an artist, and is accepted in the art school of her choice in Tours. But her plans are shatttered when the Germans invade France. Not knowing that her sister and her husband are also active in the resistance, she is asked by a friend to use her art skills to forge documents to help people escape to Spain. The work is not without danger, as her sister sadly also discovers and doesn't make it out alive . Amelie she also gets involved with a British resistance agent, who lands with his parachute just in front of her in a field one day. They later become lovers and he helps her escape to a safe place. But will they survive the war?
I found this book very thrilling and very moving. The storyline was set up very well, and the characters where also very good and believable. Some parts will just give you the cold chills, as there are some very scary moments between Amelie and the nazi's that where formerly people she knew from school. Her neighbors suspect her of bonding with the nazi's, while what she truly does is wanting to help people in the resistance, this all leads to some scary situations. It was truly tragic that her father, sister and her sister's husband didn't make it out alive, and Amelie had to take care of their young daughter. Which leads to the story of Ben, who was the grandson of their daughter and I loved how the two stories connected in the end, and how the story was wrapped up was also quite good!
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