Review: Small Acts of Defiance by Michelle Wright

 

Lucie was born and raised in Australia, it is the only home she has ever known.

After an unfortunate incident where her home caught on fire and her father passed away in the fire.

As Lucie and her mother Yvonne have nothing left, they are left with no choice but to move to Paris, to receive assistance from her Uncle whom Lucie has never met. There are rumours of a possible war , but they are currently only rumours, and it is currently being labelled as a "fake war", as Lucie and her Mother cannot survive on their own in Australia, they take the little money Uncle Gerrard has offered them and use it to for their passage to France to live with relative in his small apartment.

Although Lucie is in a foreign country, that is on the edge of a war breaking out, Lucie is able to spend a little bit of time familiarising herself with Paris, and really starts to love and enjoy the city just prior to the breakout of the war.

Lucie finds herself a job at the local art gallery where she paints postcards of Paris. It is here in this job that she forms some special friendships, and learns about her Parisian friends who are making these "small acts of defiance".

Lucie is shown, by her Parisian friends the true extent of the war, and what is happening when the Jews are extracted from Paris. Lucie needs to make a decision as to whether she will stay safe and secure and turn a blind eye, or will she join her friends in their small acts of defiance.

I enjoyed the thrill of this book, Lucie and her friend Aline are both wonderfully dramatic characters. I highly recommend this book, and it will definitely hold a permeant place on my shelf for good books.

Big thank you to Allen & Unwin for the copy.

Rated 4 stars


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