The book begins with Eva, a librarian in Florida, learning
that a book she hasn’t seen in sixty-five years has been discovered in France,
and she knows far more about it than the researchers who discovered it. They
realize it appears to have some kind of code, but are unable to decipher it,
and Eva realizes it’s time her story came out. Years of hiding her past are about to come to an end.
A Jewish student in France, her father is arrested and taken
away as she and her mother happen to be helping a neighbor. They manage to get
to a mountain town in the Free Zone, but begins forging documents for the
French resistance, allowing Jewish children to flee to Switzerland. The story
that follows is powerful, intriguing and fascinating- allowing readers a small
insight into some of the ways people fought back had less to do with guns, and
more to do with other gifts.
The book left a powerful impression and we had a lovely
discussion about this very interesting story.
“Once you’ve fallen in love with books, their presence can make you feel at home anywhere, even in places where you shouldn’t belong.” Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names
