Skylark

The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife weaves a mesmerizing tale of Paris above and belowΓÇöwhere a womanΓÇÖs quest for artistic freedom in 1664 intertwines with a doctorΓÇÖs dangerous mission during the German occupation in the 1940s,revealing a story of courage and resistance that transcends time. 1664: Alouette Voland is the daughter of a master dyer at the famed Gobelin Tapestry Workswho secretly dreams of escaping her circumstances and creating her own masterpiece. When her father is unjustly imprisonedAlouette’s efforts to save him lead to her own confinement in the notorious Salp├¬tri├¿re asylumwhere thousands of women are held captive and cruelly treated. But within its grim wallsshe discovers a small group of brave alliesand the possibility of a life bigger than she ever imagined. 1939: Kristof Larson is a medical student beginning his psychiatric residency in Pariswhose neighbors on the Rue de Gobelins are a Jewish family who have fled Poland. When Nazi forces descend on the cityKristof becomes their only hope for survivaleven as his work as a doctor is jeopardized. A spellbinding and transportive look at a side of Paris known to very fewΓÇöthe underground city that is a mirror reflection of the glories aboveΓÇöPaula McLainΓÇÖs unforgettable new novel chronicles two parallel journeys of defiance and rescue that connect in ways both surprising and deeply moving.