A French librarian resists Nazi occupation in Saint-Malo, protecting books and neighbors through smuggled letters and quiet courage.
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A French librarian resists Nazi occupation in Saint-Malo, protecting books and neighbors through smuggled letters and quiet courage.
Libraries are being ransacked. France is torn apart by war. A French librarian is determined to resist. Told through smuggled letters to an author, an ordinary librarian describes the brutal Nazi occupation of her small coastal village and the extraordinary measures she takes to fight back.
Saint-Malo, France: August 1939. Jocelyn and Antoine are childhood sweethearts, but just after they marry, Antoine is drafted to fight against Germany. As World War II rages, Jocelyn uses her position as a...
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Marriage romance; some non-graphic sexual content and fraught wartime relationships
Occupation brutality, war deaths, and peril without extreme gore
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Recurring faith, hope, and inspirational Christian themes
No fantasy magic present
No occult content present
Nazi occupation, resistance, and wartime ideology drive the story
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Nazi oppression, POW hardship, illness, and wartime cruelty on-page
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