Goodnight from Paris by Jane Healey – 405 pages
ARC from Lake Union and Getred PR for an honest review
Book Blurb:
Paris, 1939. Hollywood actress Drue Leyton, married to Frenchman Jacques Tartière, lives as an expatriate in love. But when her husband is dispatched to Brittany to work as a liaison for the British military, Drue finds herself alone with her housekeeper, adrift and heartsick in her adopted city. With her career and fame forty-five hundred miles away, Drue accepts an opportunity that will change her life forever. Befriended by seasoned wartime journalist Dorothy Thompson and urged on by political operative Jean Fraysse, Drue broadcasts radio programs to the United States. Her duty: shake America from its apathy and, as Nazis encroach and France is occupied, push for resistance and help from the US. As Drue and Jean fall under suspicion, Hitler sends his own message: when Drue’s adopted country is conquered, she will be executed.
In a Paris that is no longer safe, Drue’s political passion is ignited. She’s prepared to risk anything to fight the enemy no matter how dangerous it gets—for her, for everyone she loves, and for everything she’s fighting for.
My Review: 4 stars
Goodnight from Paris by Jane Healey was an enthralling and exciting read for me. I knew nothing about the actress Drue Leyton but was thrilled to learn about her and her humanitarian ways.
This book brilliantly takes you into Drue’s world in Paris and how her doing a live radio show for Americans ultimately exposes her as threat to the Nazis. She becomes extremely popular as Americans want the “real” nitty gritty about what’s happening overseas, not the washed down version. Although her job puts her at risk, it’s her biggest American fan that wants her to continue, President Roosevelt.
Drue moves to the countryside to stay safer than she was in Paris under siege. There she finds a way to help the resistance and save many downed soldiers. Although this seems straightforward, there were several twists, not a soul could be trusted, a few budding romances occurred, tremendous grief ensued, and beautiful friendships were cemented.
This is a quick and easy read! Well done!
Quotes I liked:
This crisis is not a Jewish crisis. It is a human crisis. We, who are not Jews must speak, speak our sorrow and indignation and disgust in so many voices that they will be heard.”
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