and a former marketing executive for L’Oréal. Her novels have been international bestsellers and are translated into twenty-one different languages and published all around the world. When she’s not writing, she loves collecting vintage fashion, practicing the art of fashion illustration, and traveling the world. Natasha lives with her husband and three children in Perth, Western Australia.
Lester's newest novel is The Mademoiselle Alliance.
At Lit Hub the author tagged eight books "which are set in different theaters of the Second World War, from France to Hong Kong, Britain, Japan, Australia and Germany." One title on the list:
Anne Sebba, Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940sRead about the other entries on the list at Literary Hub.
If you only want to read one nonfiction book about WWII, make it this one. Anne Sebba doesn’t cover the battles and the front-line heroics of the war; instead she tells the story of the Frenchwomen who had to deal with their German occupiers every day of their lives.
It’s hard to draw a line in the sand between collaborators and résistantes after reading this book because Sebba also considers survival, not just for the women, but for the families who depended on these women for food and shelter. When you finish this book, you’ll want to find out more about the different women Sebba brings to life, some of whom were famous, but many of whom are unknown.
--Marshal Zeringue
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