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    When Songbirds Returned to Paris: n/a
    When Songbirds Returned to Paris: n/a
    When Songbirds Returned to Paris: n/a
    Audiobook (abridged)4 hours

    When Songbirds Returned to Paris: n/a

    Written by E.M. Sloan

    Narrated by David Harlan, Gabi Plumm and Kelly Quinnett

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    About this audiobook

    Left the 20th of Jan. for Germany,

    in the convoy of women.                                               ,

    Good health, good morale.

    Warn the Red Cross to send shoes,

    warm clothes, and food.


    Addressed to a French doctor away in service of the war, a scrap of paper bearing twenty-seven cryptic words was tossed from a train as it pulled from the station. Sailing on cold winter winds, the unsigned note was picked up by an unnamed person who seemed to understand the importance of the carefully chosen words. The words of a captured Special Operations Executive spy.


    Through war documents, letters, and interviews, E.M. Sloan re-creates the life and death of Cecily Gordon Lefort, French country doctor’s wife turned spy. Her tale is one of international intrigue and deceit, capturing the raw emotions of love and war.


    Fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly’s The Lilac Girls will love this true story of exceptional women in World War II.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFawkes Press
    Release dateSep 5, 2019
    ISBN9781945419447
    When Songbirds Returned to Paris: n/a

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    • 4/5
      Interesting story about the history & sacrifice of these brave women! Would suggest that you have a French person help with the pronunciation especially the word Madame. It’s being pronounced like a swear word, madamn when it should be pronounced like madahme, unless that was intentional!
    • 4/5
      Short audiobook, altho’ a tragic WW2 story it’s important to keep these stories alive.
    • 4/5
      Too much left to be completely satisfied but I did enjoy the style of writing and the use of different narrators was perfect. It just left me feeling cheated that Cecily’s story wasn’t really finished and I hope the author will consider adding further chapters