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1940, 2014: A family heirloom, handmade in Paris. A wartime sacrifice that changed everything. And a secret kept for generations.
The Paris Inheritance
What you need to know before your trail
Paris, 1940. Clutching a delicate silver dove-shaped brooch – the last gift from her beloved Otto, with a message of love engraved in the back – Lally flees her home in Paris. With her closest friend by her side, she dodges the Nazi gunfire echoing all around the city streets. But as they become more and more desperate during the darkest days Europe has ever known, one must make a terrible sacrifice for them both to survive…
France, 2014. After her father’s death,grieving Hope starts a new life in France. All she knows of her father’s family is that they were separated in World War Two. And her only inheritance is a unique, dove-shaped brooch. Exploring an antique market one day, Hope’s breath catches in her throat at what she finds. A wartime picture of a green-eyed girl, a silver brooch pinned to her dress, shaped like a dove in flight. Hope has only ever seen one like it before.
Certain it’s her family heirloom, Hope is desperate to find the woman in the portrait. But it soon becomes clear that some wartime secrets are dangerous to uncover…
Travel Guide
Paris
The main location here is Paris although we do travel to Besancon and it’s mentioned throughout for the history. The village of Luzenac also plays a small role and this is in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Luzenac-Garanou station has rail connections to Toulouse.
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Destination/Location: Paris Author: Natalie Meg Evans Departure: 1940, 2014
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