April 2022 Book Choice
While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart
Nobody had time to sleep at the latest Page Turners meeting as the latest novel was vociferously discussed.
The book is set in two timelines, 1944 and 1953, and tells the story of a baby given away by a mother as she boards the train to Auschwitz and the consequences of this action.
Some people thought the Holocaust section of the book was dealt with in a “shallow” and “trivial “manner. Others thought the book was “banal” and “unbelievable ” with characters that could not be related to. Most people finished the book, and wanted to see how the moral and emotional dilemma at the core of the book, would end. No spoilers here…you will have to read the book! However, with scores ranging from 7 to 2, and an average of 4.5, you will be reading a book not received with huge plaudits by the Page Turners!