The Race for Paris by Meg Waite Clayton

This is a poignant novel based on the lives of women reporters in the Second World War.  It concerns the lives of beautiful, upper-class Liv, a photojournalist, journalist Jane, and a male photographer Fletcher, as they race to report on the Allied liberation of Paris.  Fletcher helps Liv and Jane who have gone AWOL because this is the only way that they will be able to do their work.

It's slow-moving, but richly-textured with well-rounded and likeable characters and a moving love story.  However,  its the vivid descriptions of the war that really lift this book above the ordinary, such as the Scribe Hotel, the press headquarters, which was taken over by journalists - even the loos had been taken over for film developing.  Also, the account of the Dutch living in caves in a small town was quite chilling.

I am certainly interested in reading more novels by Meg Waite Clayton.

I received this free ebook from Edelweiss in return for an honest review.