All The Flowers in Paris, by Sarah Jio

I thought that the story line was fantastic. I was thrown off by the title and almost didn't ask to get a copy of the book to review. I'm so glad I took a chance from the description.

Sarah Jio does a masterful job of weaving the past and the present together as we follow the travails of a Jewish family during WWII and the flower shop that they operated. But then they lost it because of being Jews. Their story is hard enough to read knowing that these types of situations truly happened and there was nothing to stop them.

But then race ahead to present time and met the young woman who has moved into an apartment in Paris that has a decided history from WWII. As she moves through her life she discovers a stack of love letters from the war and is entranced by the writing and the story being woven together. But she has a problem. She has lost her memory and is struggling to find out who she is while also trying to find out what happened during the war.

The story goes back and forth from past to present. But you will not put it down until you finish because you are so drawn in by the trials that both women and both families have faced.

The end is dramatic and the love stories are delightful. I'm sure you will enjoy this novel. I have already ordered a couple for friends, that's how much I liked it :)