August's Middletown Book for Discussion: The Paris Library

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Tuesday, August 31.  Our title is Janet Charles' The Paris Library.  Here is a brief summary of this tale of a library worker in Paris at the advent of World War II:

"Paris, 1939. Young and ambitious Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; her adored twin brother Remy; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. But when World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear - including her beloved library. After the invasion, as the Nazis declare a war on words and darkness falls over the City of Light, Odile and her fellow librarians join the Resistance with the best weapons they have: books. "  

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available through OhioLINK, and SearchOhio.  
  
• Amazon has the paperback, Kindle, and audiobook available, and Bookshop.org has links to purchase the title from independent booksellers.

Our group is always finding interesting titles to share, and we look forward to the new things you'll bring to the table.  On July 27th, the members of the group discussed Outline, and also shared these titles to add to your reading/viewing lists:

• The Paris Architect, Charles Belfoure
• The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War, Halik Kochanski
• The Music of Bees, Eileen Garvin
• The Paris Library, Janet Charles
• The Big Finish, Brooke Fossey
• The Book of Longings, Sue Monk Kidd
• Tuscan Child, Rhys Bowen
• The Opposite of Fate, Alison McGhee
• America for Beginners, Leah Franqui
• Strange Birds, Celia Perez
• A Mosaic of Wings, Kimberly Duffy
• A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro
  
• The Souvenir Museum, Elizabeth McCracken
  
• Analogia, George Dyson
  
• Caste, Isabel Wilkerson
  
• Memorial, Bryan Washington
  
• Behold the Dreamers, Imbolo Mbue
  

We will meet at 12 pm on the 31st both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

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Please come along to our discussion to share what you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing!

If you're looking for something interesting to read, check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/library/bookdiscussion.htm

"La caverne aux livres" by gadl is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0