from jlafleur

Les Parisiennes is a missed opportunity - I really wanted to cherish these stories based on the travails suffered by Parisian women during WW II and the occupation. Rather than creating a compelling narrative, this heavily researched book reads a bit like the author's unedited notes. Major sectio...

from kristincedar

It's a heavy read. The amount of research that went into this work is outstanding but overwhelming to the reader. Great "history you're never heard of" but you lose a bit of interest in learning about people that aren't household names. I'd like it a little bit more if it less.

from beckyhaase

LES PARISIENNES by Anne Sebba This is a very, very dense scholarly book concerning the women of Paris during WWII. I ended up reading it as a collection of brief episodes as it was difficult to follow any one person's activities because of the chronological order of events and the various names u...

from croknot1

Hard to read, with all the names of famous French people. Also very long. Also worth the effort. Thanks to LT for sending me this book for an honest review.

from catzkc

4.5 stars. I learned about this book on a podcast - the May 26 2016 episode of Don Snow's History Hit (check it out!). The book is such an interesting history of the German occupation of Paris during WWII. I had expected something more biographical - a collection of individual stories. But this i...