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The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the ''captivating, richly drawn'' ( Woman''s World ) The Paris Library returns with a powerful and moving new novel based on the true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian who brought books to the children of war-torn France. ------------------------ Under what was left of the roof of the ruined cottage, a girl with pigtails perched on a pile of rubble, hunched over a book... 1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of women determined to rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen - children''s libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her obsession, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New York''s famed library, but she has no idea their paths will converge in surprising ways across time. *Published under the title Miss Morgan''s Book Brigade in the US* Praise for Janet Skeslien Charles ''A wonderful novel celebrating the power of books and libraries to change people''s lives'' Jill Mansell ''Heart-breaking and heart-lifting and always enchanting'' Ruth Hogan ''An irresistible and utterly compelling novel that will appeal to bibliophiles and historical fiction fans alike'' Sunday Express ''I devoured The Paris Library in one hungry gulp . . . charming and moving'' Tatiana de Rosnay ''Paris and libraries. What''s not to love?!'' Natasha Lester ''Compelling'' Woman & Home ...
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Janet Skeslien Charles is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Paris Library. Her work has been translated into thirty-eight languages. She has spent a decade researching Jessie Carson at the Morgan Library, the New York Public Library, and archives across France. Her shorter work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald, Literary Hub, and the anthology Montana Noir.
