“If you believe very strongly in something, stand up and fight for it.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
The thing I enjoy most about reading WWII historical fiction is that I get to enjoy many different perspectives of that time period written by different authors. The Room on Rue Amélie is another beautiful story of resilience and hope during the darkest times in history.
The story begins in New York City in 1938 where Ruby Henderson is attending university. She meets a gentleman by the name of Marcel at a café and soon thereafter Ruby’s life has taken her to Paris where her husband is from. Ruby’s life changes when the war begins and she must take it upon herself to do something to help the cause.
She meets Charlotte, a Jewish girl who lives with her parents across the hall from Ruby. Together Charlotte and Ruby attempt to make sense of the injustices of war and work together to make a difference in the war effort. This book had me in tears and filled me with hope. The characters are beautifully crafted and you will fall in live with them. You will cheer them on and cry with them and hope with them. As you read along you will want nothing more than a happy ending.
If you read The Nightingale I think you will enjoy this one. It’s a story of love, hope, resilience and having the strength to be who you are and do what you are meant to do in life.
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