Kate’s 2¢: “The storyteller of Casablanca” by Fiona Valpy

“The storyteller of Casablanca” by Fiona Valpy

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

A few take-aways:

–We like to think we learned lessons from those wars, and yet, history continues to repeat itself.

–There is no need to read about it…such refugees are all around us.

–Some voices get drowned out and we have to listen harder to hear them.

   I enjoyed this story. While the reader knew there was a problem, it isn’t revealed until the end.  Well, isn’t that what good stories do? 

From her website:

Fiona is an acclaimed number 1 bestselling author, whose books have sold millions of copies and been translated into more than thirty different languages worldwide.

She draws inspiration from the stories of strong women, especially during the years of World War II. Her meticulous research enriches her writing with an evocative sense of time and place.

She spent seven years living in France, having moved there from the UK in 2007, before returning to live in Scotland. Her love for both of these countries, their people and their histories, has found its way into many of the books she’s written.

e-mail: fiona@fionavalpy.com

From NLS/BARB/LOC:

The storyteller of Casablanca DB107192

Valpy, Fiona. Reading time: 9 hours, 19 minutes.

Read by Erin Jones.

Historical Fiction

Morocco, 1941. Twelve-year-old Josie and her family fled Nazi-occupied France for Casablanca, where they awaited safe passage to America. Seventy years later, Zoe is a wife and mother living as an expat in an unfamiliar place. But when she discovers Josie’s diary from the 1940s beneath the floorboards of her daughter’s bedroom, Zoe enters the inner world of young Josie. 2021.

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