Sophie's Little Library

The Paris Secret  By Natasha Lester 1928: Skye Penrose is a free-spirited 10 year old, growing up in an isolated Cornish cottage with her irascible younger sister Liberty and her outcast mother, when she meets 11 year old Nicholas Crawford. They quickly form the kind of close friendship that can only be described as soulmates. 1939: Skye, now a talented pilot, joins the war effort in the limited way she is allowed to by the men who don’t believe women should be able to fly planes. In her dangerous role, she comes across her estranged sister and Nicholas, who she hasn’t seen since she was 14, and who is now engaged to Frenchwoman Margaux Jourdan. 1947: Christian Dior releases his first collection of clothing to a country and world desperate for beauty and extravagance after years of war and utter despair. He names a perfume after his flower-loving, Resistance-fighting sister Catherine. 2012: Kat Jourdan is a fashion conservator, who comes across a wardrobe full of 65 haute c...

The Nightingale is such a popular book, and for good reason. Like most people, I fell completely in love with it. It was beautifully written, with complex and layered characters and a well-paced storyline. I sobbed my little heart out at the end of the book (and I know I'm not alone there!!) If you loved The Nightingale, here are 3 more books I guarantee you will enjoy.  Happy reading! Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon     Why you should read it I love the concept of a fictional story about real people, and Nancy Wake is a brilliant subject. I honestly did not know anything about The White Mouse before I read this book, and I am completely in awe of her. It is incredible to think many of the stories in this book really happened. The writing was truly fantastic. The characters were really lovable, and the storyline was fast-paced. There were a couple of scenes in particular that stuck out, one that was so barbaric it made me feel sick and another so horrifyingly...