From the Fantastic Fiction website:

"Belinda Alexandra has been published to wide acclaim in Australia and New Zealand, France, Germany, Holland, Poland, Norway and Greece. She is the daughter of a Russian mother and Australian father, and has been an intrepid traveller since her youth. Her love of other cultures and languages is matched by her passion for her home country, Australia, where she is a volunteer rescuer and carer for the NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES).


A sweeping historical epic from an exciting new talent. Moving from the lavender fields of Provence to the glitz and glamour of Paris, the war-torn streets of Berlin to the promises of New York, it's the story of a young girl who gets the chance of lifetime - before seeing it ripped apart by war...Simone Fleurier is wrenched from her home on a Provencal lavender farm after the death of her father. Forced to become a maid at her aunt's boarding house in Marseilles, Simone's life is hard and impoverished. But one of her aunt's boarders, the beautiful Camille Casal - a star at the local music hall - gives Simone a dream - that one day too she will be a famous singer and dancer. Years later, the famous Simone Fleurier, toast of Paris society, watches the Nazi troops occupy the city. Suddenly, her world is turned upside down, and Simone must make new and dangerous choices."

I enjoyed White Gardenia, so I am looking forward to reading this one.

I had forgotten to journal this one last week! I read this book quickly as I was swept along from the farm, through the struggle to make herself as an entertainer, into the war years. Well written and enjoyable.

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At the August meetup.

Picked this book back up again at today's meet-up - taking to work to share with some other book lovers...

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Releasing this to the Brisbane BookCrossers over a lovely lunch