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The Last Restaurant in Paris
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
Paris, 1944. To save her people, she served the enemy.
In enemy-occupied Paris, as the locals go to bed starving and defeated by the war, music and laughter spills through the door of a little restaurant, crowded with German soldiers. The owner, Marianne, moves on weary feet between its packed tables, carrying plates of steaming, wholesome food for the enemy officers. Her smile is bright and sparkling, her welcome cordial. Nobody would guess the hatred she hides in her heart.
That night, the restaurant closes its doors for the final time. In the morning, the windows are scratched with the words "traitor and murderer". And Marianne has disappeared without a trace....
Years later, Marianne’s granddaughter Sabine stands under the faded green awning, a heavy brass key in her hand, staring at the restaurant left to her by the grandmother she never met. Sabine has so many questions about herself. Perhaps here she can find answers, but she knows she isn’t welcome. Marianne was hated by the locals, and when Sabine discovers they blamed her for the terrible tragedy that haunts the pretty restaurant, she is ready to abandon her dark legacy.
But when she finds a passport in a hidden compartment in the water-stained walls, with a picture of a woman who looks like her grandmother but has a different name, she knows there must be more to Marianne’s story. As she digs into the past, she starts to wonder: Was her grandmother a heroine, not a traitor? What happened to her after the tragic night when she fled from her restaurant? And will the answer change her own life forever?
A haunting and compelling story of love, strength, and sacrifice in Nazi-occupied Paris as one brave young woman risks everything to save the lives of those around her. Fans of The Nightingale, The Paris Library, and The Alice Network will lose their hearts to The Last Restaurant in Paris.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-09-22
Realistic moving story
A really lovely book to listen too, realistic and sad and moving definitely worth reading or listening to it. So many meaningful characters sharing the story.
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- Christineb
- 23-07-22
What a great read
I really enjoyed this story It was a completely new angle on events during WW2 The characters where good and storyline engaging I liked the narration It was slightly exaggerated but charming nonetheless Overall a really good story
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- Mrs P.
- 19-10-22
Gripping and engaging
Such an engaging story that keeps you on your toes. I loved the narator who brought all the characters to life with a medley of different accents. She was so easy to listen to. 5 out of 5.
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- Liz GJ
- 25-03-23
amazing
thank you it's not often that I cry listening to stories but this one was so good.laugh.cry and mortified at places ...it was read so well
just thank you so much
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- D. D. Pianta
- 11-04-23
Very good
I love books like this: history, romance, past and present. The performance is wonderful, the narrator makes the book even more interesting. I really enjoyed it
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- Carol Blair
- 27-12-23
Brilliant story beautifully told
Brilliant story beautifully told , I didn’t want it to end but hopefully they’ll be more just as good.
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- Mrs H S Walton
- 12-01-23
Revenge
Very well read kept me entertained for many a car journey. Very sad but entertaining
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- Helen
- 30-08-22
Touching & Real
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of listening to The Last Restaurant in Paris, it’s beautifully narrated and feels very real.
The story of love, friendship, compassion and resistance in a darker time of occupation in Paris.
Compares well to other historical fiction novels of the same era, I had trouble pausing as I wanted to hear more and more.
Five stars from me.
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- Maureen
- 10-10-22
Oh Dear ! Really boring
Dreadful accent’s full of unnecessary details. So boring lost concentration tHad to give up .waste of a credit
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