Paris Noire

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Paris Noire

Paris, 1944: the city steams in the summer heat, bristling with anticipation of its impending liberation. It marks the beginning of the end of a devastating warâ€¦and the beginning of a year like no other for Marie-Therese Brillard and her children, Colette and Christophe. They first came to Paris from Martinique in 1928, among the immigrants of color who flocked to France in the 1920s and 30s. They settled in Montmartre, a vibrant neighborhood teeming with musicians, writers, and artists, and began the arduous task of building a new life in a new land. The rigors of World War II only added to the adversity beneath which Marie-Therese struggled. Its culmination should offer her relief, and yetâ€¦

When Colette and Christophe are swept up in the jubilation following the Nazisâ€™ departure, each embarks upon a passionate love affair that Marie-Therese fears will cost them their dreamsâ€”or their lives. Twenty-year-old Colette begins a dalliance with a white Frenchman, a romance forbidden for the quadroon child of an immigrant. Her older brother Christophe becomes the lover of the beautiful wife of a French freedom fighter, a relationship Marie-Therese suspects can only end in heartache and bloodshed. Adding yet another complication is the man she calls Monsieur Lieutenant, the handsome black soldier whose mere presence intrigues Marie-Therese as no man has before.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of wartime France, Paris Noire is a dramatic and engrossing novel that brings to vivid life the remarkable people once relegated to the fringes of history.

Country	USA
Author	Francine Thomas Howard
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781612180458
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Lake Union Publishing
Manufacturer	Lake Union Publishing
NumberOfPages	371
PublicationDate	2011-09-20
Publisher	Lake Union Publishing
ReleaseDate	2011-09-20
Studio	Lake Union Publishing

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