Book Review: Paris 7 AM

Paris, 7 A.M.

by Liza Wieland

Simon & Schuster

Historical Fiction , Literary Fiction

Pub Date 11 Jun 2019

I am reviewing a copy of Paris 7 a.m through Simon & Schuster and Netgalley:

In June of 1937, Elizabeth Bishop was still a young woman and not yet the world renowned poet she became. Elizabeth Bishop arrives in France with her college roomates. The group is in search of escape and inspiration, far away from Vassar College where they are expected to find an impressive husband and lead a quiet life, and act in according manner. The world is changing though as they explore the City of Light, the larger threats of fascism and occupation are looming. It is there they meet a community of upper-crust-expatriates who not only share a life changing adventure they also go into an underground world of rebellion that will alter Elizabeth’s life forever.

Paris 1937 allows us a fictionalized account of what Elizabeth Bishop a meticulous keeper of journals, the one year she did not meticulously journal. This novel brings in vivid detail a trip from Paris and Normandy where she becomes involved with a group rescuing Jewish “Orphans” and delivering them to convents so they can be baptized as Catholics and spare them from the horrors there parents are about to face.

Liz Wieland’s Paris 7 a.m is a poignant and captivating tale of the formative years of one of America’s most informative of one of America’s most celebrated American female poets.

I give Paris 7 A.M five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!