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The last restaurant in Paris / Lily Graham.

by Graham, Lily.

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Grand Central Publishing, 2023.

Granddaughters -- Fiction.

Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.

Restaurateurs -- Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction.

Paris (France) -- Fiction.

9781538756928 (2023 Grand Central trade pbk.)

9781538756928 (2022 Bookouture trade pbk.)

1st Grand Central Publishing ed.

322 p. ; 21 cm.

"Originally published in 2022 by Bookouture, an imprint of StoryFire Ltd."--T.p. verso.

Includes a reading group guide.

"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?"--Publisher.

Historical fiction.

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