The Paris Hours

ΓÇ£Like All the Light We Cannot See,The Paris Hours explores the brutality of war and its lingering effects with cinematic intensity. The ending will leave you breathless.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöChristina Baker Klineauthor of Orphan Train and A Piece of the World One day in the City of Light. One night in search of lost time. Paris between the wars teems with artistswritersand musiciansa glittering crucible of genius. But amidst the dazzling creativity of the cityΓÇÖs most famous citizensfour regular people are each searching for something theyΓÇÖve lost. Camille was the maid of Marcel Proustand she has a secret: when she was asked to burn her employerΓÇÖs notebooksshe saved one for herself. Now she is desperate to find it before her betrayal is revealed. Sourenan Armenian refugeeperforms puppet shows for children that are nothing like the fairy tales they expect. Lovesick artist Guillaume is down on his luck and running from a debt he cannot repayΓÇöbut when Gertrude Stein walks into his studiohe wonders if this is the day everything could change. And Jean-Paul is a journalist who tells other peopleΓÇÖs storiesbecause his own is too painful to tell. When the quartetΓÇÖs paths finally cross in an unforgettable climaxeach discovers if they will find what they are looking for. Told over the course of a single day in 1927The Paris Hours takes four ordinary people whose storiestold togetherare as extraordinary as the glorious city they inhabit.