Jun 4

Jun 4 The Paris Deception

Thank you TLCbooktours Book Clubbish and Bryn Turnbull for this gifted copy.

𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙧𝙮𝙣 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙖𝙯𝙞-𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙉𝙖𝙯𝙞 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

Sophie Dix fled Stuttgart with her brother as the Nazi regime gained power in Germany. Now, with her brother gone and her adopted home city of Paris conquered by the Reich, Sophie reluctantly accepts a position restoring damaged art at the Jeu de Paume museum under the supervision of the ERR—a German art commission using the museum as a repository for art they’ve looted from Jewish families.

Fabienne Brandt was a rising star in the Parisian bohemian arts movement until the Nazis put a stop to so-called “degenerate” modern art. Still mourning the loss of her firebrand husband, she’s resolved to muddle her way through the occupation in whatever way she can—until her estranged sister-in-law, Sophie, arrives at her door with a stolen painting in hand.

Soon the two women embark upon a plan to save Paris’s “degenerates,” working beneath the noses of Germany’s top art connoisseurs to replace the paintings in the Jeu de Paume with skillful forgeries—but how long can Sophie and Fabienne sustain their masterful illusion?

💬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫?

AOTD: We are at the ballfield all afternoon for Web’s games and it’s gonna hit 90°, so I’m wondering if ice cream is acceptable for dinner?

Yesterday

Saturday I came across this fabulous Eggs in a Bagel Hole recipe from Moribyan! They were super easy to put together and make and luckily I had just the right amount of eggs too. as soon as they were out of the oven, my family completely gobbled them up and these were immediately added to our “make again” list. I also have to brag about the picture above, because my good pictures are always horrible and this one looks amazing!