The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Pam Jenoff to discuss her book, Last Twilight in Paris.

In Last Twilight in Paris, Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife in 1953 London, when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a department store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe —and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war.

Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise seeks help from her former boss Ian, with whom she shares a romantic history. The necklace leads them to discover the dark history of Lévitan—a once-glamorous department store that served as a Nazi prison, and Helaine, a woman who was imprisoned there, torn apart from her husband when the Germans invaded France.

Louise races to find the connection between the necklace, the department store and Franny’s death. But nothing is as it seems, and there are forces determined to keep the truth buried forever. Inspired by the true story of the Lévitan, Last Twilight in Paris is both a gripping mystery and an unforgettable story about sacrifice, resistance and the power of love to transcend in even the darkest hours.

About the author:

Pam Jenoff is the author of several books of historical fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Code Name Sapphire, The Lost Girls of Paris, and The Orphan’s Tale. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international affairs from George Washington University and a master’s degree in history from Cambridge, and she received her Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania. Jenoff’s novels are inspired by her experiences working at the Pentagon and also as a diplomat for the State Department handling Holocaust issues in Poland. She lives with her husband and three children near Philadelphia, where, in addition to writing, she teaches law school.

Books will be available for purchase at the event.

Please register here.

This event is part of the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival, supported in part by an Ohio Humanities Ignite Grant!

Curious about other grants? Visit our calendar or browse our list of grantees!