Last Christmas in Paris is a series of letters written back and
forth basically between Evie, Tom, Will and Alice. All were young
and the first world war is just starting. Tom and Will go off to war,
Alice becomes a nurse and at first Evie stays at home but soon
she goes to the front and writes about the war. All are happy, lively
young people at the start and the letters are perky notes that reflect
that. Then the letters change and are filled with concern and worry
and you can see the budding love between Evie and Tom.
Now it is 50+ years later and our characters are old and not doing
well. Not everyone has survived and the ending is bittersweet. Not
exactly a warm fuzzy romance for your holiday reading but a very
worthwhile novel about the horrors of war and the triumph of love.
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