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Violence
A lot
WWII violence — arrest, interrogation, and execution of agents
Language
Barely any
Period language; minimal strong words
Sexual Content
Some
Mild romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The fate of the network — most of the real women on whom this is based did not survive; Arrest and interrogation — depicted; Execution — the agents' fates; The courage of women sent into occupied territory with life expectancy measured in weeks
What this book is about
In 1946, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase in Grand Central Station containing photographs of twelve young women. She begins investigating. The novel alternates to wartime London, where Eleanor Trigg recruits and trains those women as wireless operators for the French Resistance, and to Marie, one of the operators in the field. The Lost Girls of Paris is based on the real history of women agents sent into occupied France.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
The agents' fates — most did not survive; the novel is honest about this
Arrest and interrogation depicted
Execution — the ending of several characters
Based on real history — the women and their deaths are not invented
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