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by Alyson Richman
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Book Haunt
Book Haunt rated it 7 years ago
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debbiekrenzer
debbiekrenzer rated it 8 years ago
I remember hearing about this apartment and how it had been shut and unopened for so long. I thought to myself, at the time, what a mystery. What could have happened to the people that lived there? I knew they could not have been Jewish and that apartment left alone. I was so excited when I was appr...
Memories From Books on Booklikes
Memories From Books on Booklikes rated it 8 years ago
Like so many other books, The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman is a story of two women across time. In this case, the book is a fictionalized story of an actual Paris apartment and two actual women - Marthe de Florian and her granddaughter Solange Beaugiron. As with many of these books, the story goes...
Girl Well Read
Girl Well Read rated it 9 years ago
A special thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.A Parisian flat that has been untouched for over 70 years is the inspiration for this story. The owner left Paris for the south of France before the outbreak of WWII, never to return again. The apartment, miraculously in ta...
Books & Graphics by Sharlene
Books & Graphics by Sharlene rated it 9 years ago
Simply fabulous. The story of this apartment appealed to me from the very beginning and this telling of it was simply unforgettable.
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