The Librarian Spy
Madeline Martin
Reviewed by Helen
This is such a fabulous story, telling the tale of two woman in two countries who work tirelessly to help refugees caught up in the dreadful war, it shows courage, and strength and sheer determination that helped win the war, and this is a story not to be missed by anyone who loves historical fiction.
Ava Harper is working as a librarian at the Library of Congress in Washington DC and she loves it, she is a lover of reading and protecting books, but when she is asked to journey to Lisbon to help with the war effort by collecting newspapers and anything that could help she jumps at the chance, never realizing that this would make such big changes to herself and people in need.
Elaine Roussea is living in occupied Lyon in France working for the resistance, Elaine has been through heartbreak already and is determined to do what she can to help and this means printing the resistance newspapers a dangerous job but she has learnt well and when she discovers a young mother and son in need of help she puts coded messages in the printing hoping that someone will understand and help.
These coded messages that Ava discovers pushes Ava to make sure that this woman and child are saved, and she works hard and pulls in help to ensure it happens, even though Ava and Elaine don’t meet they organize things to make sure it happens, two strong and caring woman can make all the difference in this terrible times.
This book tells the story of heartache, of pain and hurt but it also tells the story of what happens when people get together and fight for safety and to help each other, truly this story is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. I cheered these woman on and I cried tears of sadness and joy when the tide turned. I loved getting to know them both and learned about their lives and their loves, there are so many characters in this story that I loved and cried for. I do highly recommend this one, I loved it.
My thanks the Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
Ava Harper is working as a librarian at the Library of Congress in Washington DC and she loves it, she is a lover of reading and protecting books, but when she is asked to journey to Lisbon to help with the war effort by collecting newspapers and anything that could help she jumps at the chance, never realizing that this would make such big changes to herself and people in need.
Elaine Roussea is living in occupied Lyon in France working for the resistance, Elaine has been through heartbreak already and is determined to do what she can to help and this means printing the resistance newspapers a dangerous job but she has learnt well and when she discovers a young mother and son in need of help she puts coded messages in the printing hoping that someone will understand and help.
These coded messages that Ava discovers pushes Ava to make sure that this woman and child are saved, and she works hard and pulls in help to ensure it happens, even though Ava and Elaine don’t meet they organize things to make sure it happens, two strong and caring woman can make all the difference in this terrible times.
This book tells the story of heartache, of pain and hurt but it also tells the story of what happens when people get together and fight for safety and to help each other, truly this story is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. I cheered these woman on and I cried tears of sadness and joy when the tide turned. I loved getting to know them both and learned about their lives and their loves, there are so many characters in this story that I loved and cried for. I do highly recommend this one, I loved it.
My thanks the Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
- August 3, 2022 by Harlequin Enterprises (Australia) Pty Ltd
