The Paris Photo

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(63 74 91 1)>The Paris Photo </span>compassionately conveys the story of American soldier Ben Gordon and his relationship with a young mother and her son just after the Liberation of Paris in August 1944. Despite the strength of this relationship during the war Ben's eventual return to America separates the trio. Decades later Ben's daughter stitches the relationship back together when she discovers a photograph of her late father with an unknown woman and boy. Eager to learn about her father's past she decides to travel to Paris to find the people from the photograph. <em>The Paris Photo </em>lifts characters out of the pages of a history book richly depicting the human emotion that pervades our historical memory.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em>The Paris Photo </em>will appeal to lovers of historical fiction particularly those with an interest in WWII. Jane S. Gabin creates a vivid picture of life in Paris during the dark days of the Nazi occupation as well as a depiction of the contemporary city that still carries scars from the war. Interweaving mystery romance and historical research <em>The Paris Photo </em>demonstrates how the traumas of wartime loss persist into the present. </p><p><br></p>