The Paris Assignment

A courageous wife,motherand resister confronts the devastation of World War II in a heartbreaking and hopeful novel by the bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child. Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at the Sorbonne in Paris when she marries charismatic French journalist Giles Martin. As they raise their sonOlivierthey hold on to a tenuous promise for the future. Until the thunder of war sets off alarms in France. Staying behind to join the resistanceGiles sends Madeleine and Olivier to the relative safety of Englandwhere Madeleine secures a job teaching French at a secondary school. Yet nowhere is safe. After a devastating twist of fate resulting in the loss of her sonMadeleine accepts a request from the ministry to aid in the war effort. Seizing the smallest glimmer of hope of finding Giles aliveshe returns to France. If Madeleine can stop just one Naziit will be the start of a valiant path of revenge. Though her perseverancedefianceand heart will be tested beyond imaginingno risk is too great for a brave wife and mother determined to fight and survive against inconceivable odds.