02183cam a2200373 i 4500 740588342 TxAuBib 20230330120000.0 220613|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063223905 paperback 0063223902 paperback (OCoLC)1285562721 TxAuBib rda Wright, Michelle. Small acts of defiance : a novel of WWII and Paris / Michelle Wright. First U.S. edition. New York, New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] ©0. 344 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Subtitle from cover. Originally published in Australia in 2021 by Allen & Unwin. "January, 1940: After a bitter tragedy, young Australian woman Lucie and her French mother Yvonne are forced to leave home and seek help from the only family they have left-Lucie's uncle, Gerard. As the Second World War engulfs Europe, the two women find themselves trapped in German-occupied Paris, sharing a cramped apartment with the authoritarian Gerard and his extremist views. Drawing upon her artistic talents, Lucie risks her own safety to engage in small acts of defiance against the occupying forces and the collaborationist French regime, where the authorities reward French citizens for denouncing so-called 'traitors' in their community. Faced with the escalating brutality of anti-Jewish measures, and the indifference of so many of her fellow Parisians, Lucie must decide how far she will go to defend the rights of others before it's too late"--Page 4 of cover. 20230330. World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements France Paris Fiction. Women artists Fiction. Australian fiction. France History German occupation, 1940-1945 Fiction. Paris (France) Social conditions 20th century Fiction. Historical fiction. War fiction.