The Paris Assignment: A Novel

The Paris Assignment is a heartbreaking yet hopeful novel that follows the story of Madeleine Grant, a courageous wife, mother, and resister who confronts the devastation of World War II.

Despite the loss of her son, Madeleine accepts a request from the ministry to aid in the war effort, determined to find her husband Giles alive and fight against inconceivable odds.

With absorbing details about several characters and different geographical environments, Bowen perfectly develops both narratives, leading to a realistic and satisfying ending.

Fans of Historical Novels Review will love this story of love and war, bitterness and brutality, bravery and forgiveness, woven together with a rich sense of time and place and characters only a master storyteller could create.