The Lost Sister of Fifth Avenue
Daughters of New York #4
Ella Carey
Reviewed by Helen
I cried in this one, it is a heartbreaking and poignant but beautiful in the courage and strength that it shows as we get to know sisters Martha and Charlotte during World War 2 and journey back to the end of World War 1 to get to know their mother, Chloe and her two best friends, Anita and Sandrine, a must read story.
New York 1938 and Martha is living with her father and working in the New York Library her sister Charlotte has moved to Paris to be with Anita the woman who would be their second mother after losing their own mother when they were young girls, Anita runs and art gallery in Paris and is Jewish, when a telegram arrives to say that Anita has passed away.
Martha packs and leaves for Paris as soon as she can, she must convince Charlotte to come home Hitler is spreading throughout Europe and war looks imminent, what she finds shocks her Paris has been a second home to them all since they were you, but Charlotte refuses to budge she is determined to keep the art gallery open and look after the young artists that Anita has in her care.
Martha returns to safety in New York as Charlotte works hard to help pack up France’s artworks and Anita and her families as well, they move it all to the south of France to protect before the Germans invade, danger is around every corner now and Charlotte joins the Resistance to do what she can to help thinking that an American in Paris should be safer. Martha is forever worrying about Charlotte and also does her best to help by trying to bring Jewish refugees to America especially a friend of the family.
This story shows the courage and strength of the people of The Resistance and the way they worked through so much danger to do what they could, Charlotte never gave up, her determination was amazing, It shows what the Nazis did to the people of France, MS Carey has taken me back to that era and made it so real, getting to know past characters and uncovering their greatest loves and fears bought them all to life on these pages, family secrets, friends that would do anything for each other and the love that was shared past and now.
This is an awesome story so beautifully told with emotion and from the heart it is one that I would highly recommend, the ending is beautiful and poignant and yes there were many tears, I never miss and Ella Carey book, I loved this one so much.
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
New York 1938 and Martha is living with her father and working in the New York Library her sister Charlotte has moved to Paris to be with Anita the woman who would be their second mother after losing their own mother when they were young girls, Anita runs and art gallery in Paris and is Jewish, when a telegram arrives to say that Anita has passed away.
Martha packs and leaves for Paris as soon as she can, she must convince Charlotte to come home Hitler is spreading throughout Europe and war looks imminent, what she finds shocks her Paris has been a second home to them all since they were you, but Charlotte refuses to budge she is determined to keep the art gallery open and look after the young artists that Anita has in her care.
Martha returns to safety in New York as Charlotte works hard to help pack up France’s artworks and Anita and her families as well, they move it all to the south of France to protect before the Germans invade, danger is around every corner now and Charlotte joins the Resistance to do what she can to help thinking that an American in Paris should be safer. Martha is forever worrying about Charlotte and also does her best to help by trying to bring Jewish refugees to America especially a friend of the family.
This story shows the courage and strength of the people of The Resistance and the way they worked through so much danger to do what they could, Charlotte never gave up, her determination was amazing, It shows what the Nazis did to the people of France, MS Carey has taken me back to that era and made it so real, getting to know past characters and uncovering their greatest loves and fears bought them all to life on these pages, family secrets, friends that would do anything for each other and the love that was shared past and now.
This is an awesome story so beautifully told with emotion and from the heart it is one that I would highly recommend, the ending is beautiful and poignant and yes there were many tears, I never miss and Ella Carey book, I loved this one so much.
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
Published July 7th 2022 by Bookouture
