The years are 1939 to 1944, Germany has occupied France for the best part of those years and the French Resistance is working hard to liberate France. Two women, Lila Du Laurent and Sandrine Paquet, are working hard with the Resistance. Lila is a dressmaker working with CoCo Chanel and later on with Nina Ricci before going out on her own. She was designing dresses for the women who were paramours of the German officers in Paris.
Sandrine was ordered to work preparing for shipment the art the Germans were taking away from Paris. She keeps a catalogue of all the pieces the Germans are taking and which officers are taking which art.
Kristy Cambron has written an interesting book taking place during World War II, but I found the plot too disjointed because of the separate story lines for Sandrine and Lily. The stories do intersect but it takes a long time getting into the book before they do. The Paris Dressmaker is a bit misleading because the book is more than just Lily's story. I am not sure what a better title would be, or how to better bring the story lines together. I feel these separate stories would have been handled better as a series, or maybe two novellas. Three Stars.
Thomas Nelson and NetGalley.com provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions expressed are my own.
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