The Paris Showroom av Juliet Blackwell

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<b>In Nazi-occupied Paris, a talented artisan must fight for her life by designing for her enemies. From <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Juliet Blackwell comes an extraordinary story about holding on to hope when all seems lost.<br></b><br> Capucine Benoit works alongside her father to produce fans of rare feathers, beads, and intricate pleating for the haute couture fashion houses. But after the Germans invade Paris in June 1940, Capucine and her father must focus on mere survival—until they are betrayed to the secret police and arrested for his political beliefs. When Capucine saves herself from deportation to Auschwitz by highlighting her connections to Parisian design houses, she is sent to a little-known prison camp located in the heart of Paris, within the Lévitan department store.<br> <br> There, hundreds of prisoners work to sort through, repair, and put on display the massive quantities of art, furniture, and household goods looted from Jewish homes