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Approximately seven thousand Jewish children in France were saved, yet over eleven thousand were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1942. Most were gassed on arrival. The fact that French police were in charge of rounding them up remains a matter of national shame.
Jacques wants to share the joy of discovering an author who speaks to one’s soul, the thrill of losing oneself in a story more vivid and exciting than real life. He will call his shop La Page Cachée – The Hidden Page – because he knows the magic that is to be found within the covers of a book.
‘You’ll never guess what I’ve found!’ ‘A new pair of shoes?’ He smiled indulgently. ‘The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Surprise me.’ ‘The square! You know, the one I’ve been looking for since we arrived. The one you said I hadn’t a hope in hell of tracking down.’
‘If you can’t think what to do,’ her brother Andrew had once told her, ‘at least decide what you don’t want to do.’
She looked at him sadly. ‘We have to try. A life without freedom is no life at all.’
‘I’m sorry,’ Mathilde said, giving Estelle a brief, fierce hug. ‘Sitting among the Boche has made me a little tense, that’s all. We won’t talk about it anymore.’ ‘That’s the spirit.’ Estelle kissed her cheek. ‘Come, I’ve found a wonderful bistro in the rue Bleue and they’ll have Champagne waiting for us on ice. Mange, bois et sois heureux!’
Death is coming for all of us, sooner or later. It’s how we live that matters.’
He closed his eyes and leant back against the seat, hearing her voice in his ear. ‘Death is coming for all of us; it’s how we live that matters.’
There were people everywhere who needed help, once you opened your eyes – and found the courage not to look away.
What havoc could be inflicted on the world by one man with a lust for power!
Juliette turns to her daughter. ‘Think about it, Emily. I’ve lived a whole life and now I’ve been given the chance of another. Isn’t that just extraordinary?’
