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The Race For Paris

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Normandy, 1944. To cover the fighting in France, Jane, a reporter for the Nashville Banner, and Liv, an Associated Press photographer, have already had to endure enormous danger and frustrating obstacles - including strict military regulations limited what women correspondents can do. Even so, Liv wants more. Encouraged by her husband, the editor of a New York newspaper, she's determined to be the first photographer to reach Paris with the Allies, and capture its freedom from the Nazis. However, her Commanding Officer has other ideas about the role of women in the press corps. To fulfill her ambitions, Liv must go AWOL. She persuades Jane to join her, and the two women find a guardian angel in Fletcher, a British military photographer who reluctantly agrees to escort them. As they race for Paris across the perilous French countryside, Liv, Jane, and Fletcher forge an indelible emotional bond that will transform them and reverberate long after the war is over. Based on daring, real-life female reporters on the front lines of history like Margaret Bourke-White, Lee Miller, and Martha Gellhorn - and with cameos by other famous faces of the time - The Race for Paris is an absorbing, atmospheric saga full of drama, adventure, and passion. Combining riveting storytelling with expert literary craftsmanship and thorough research, Meg Waite Clayton crafts a compelling, resonant read. Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels: The Four Mrs. Bradwells; The Wednesday Sisters; The Language of Light, and The Wednesday Daughters.
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      Inspired by the real-life female journalists and photographers who defied convention during World War II, the story follows two Americans, Jane and Liv, and their British male counterpart, Fletcher, as they race across France during the summer of 1944 to be the first to cover the Allied invasion of Paris. Told in short chapters, the story moves quickly; however, narrator Jennifer Ikeda doesn't rush. Her careful inflections conveys a range of emotions, from resolute determination to trembling fear, that ensure the characters' experiences aren't overshadowed by the painstaking historical detail, including harrowing descriptions of war. While her French pronunciation is flawless, Ikeda's other accents, particularly for male voices, veer toward caricature. Fortunately, this is only slight distraction in an overall satisfying listen of unsung history. A.S. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

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