Paris Never Leaves You

A Novel

By: Ellen Feldman

Narrated by: Laurie Catherine Winkel

"Masterful. Magnificent. A passionate story of survival and a real page turner. This story will stay with me for a long time." —Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey

Living through World War II working in a Paris bookstore with her young daughter, Vivi, and fighting for her life, Charlotte is no victim, she is a survivor. But can she survive the next chapter of her life?

Alternating between wartime Paris and 1950s New York publishing, Ellen Feldman's Paris Never Leaves You is an extraordinary story of resilience, love, and impossible choices, exploring how survival never comes without a cost.

The war is over, but the past is never past.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Griffin

Just Okay

The plot was slow and the characters were not fully developed with many questions left unanswered. The reader was rather monotone and it was difficult to discern who was speaking during conversation excerpts.

It might have been a bit better if I had not just read another similar book that was masterfully written.

Interesting and dramatic

I found the story a bit lacking because the reader has to get into the head of a Roman who doesn’t know her own mind. There is no hint of her confusion about her real reasons.

So without being a spoiler, let’s just say it left me wanting more information.

The performance is excellent.

Too drawn out

It didn’t seem like much really happened in this book. I kept waiting for more to transpire and when it finally did at the end it was a letdown.