Skylark : a novel /
McLain, Paula,
Skylark : a novel / Sky-lark : a novel Paula McLain. - First Atria Books hardcover edition. - 452 pages ; 24 cm. - Good morning America book club . - Good morning America book club. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 452).
"1664. Alouette Voland is the daughter of a master dyer at the famed Gobelin Tapestry Works, who secretly dreams of escaping her circumstances and creating her own masterpiece. When her father is unjustly imprisoned, Alouette's efforts to save him lead to her own confinement in the notorious Salpêtrière asylum, where thousands of women are held captive and cruelly treated. But within its grim walls, she discovers a small group of brave allies, and the possibility of a life bigger than she ever imagined. 1939. Kristof Larson is a medical student beginning his psychiatric residency in Paris, whose neighbors on the Rue de Gobelins are a Jewish family who have fled Poland. When Nazi forces descend on the city, Kristof becomes their only hope for survival, even as his work as a doctor is jeopardized"--
9781668028155 1668028158
2025938834
Dyers--Fiction.
Artisans--Fiction.
Liberty--Fiction.
Asylums--Fiction.
False imprisonment--Fiction.
Escapes--Fiction.
Medical students--Fiction.
Refugees--Poland--Fiction.
Underground areas--France--Paris--Fiction.
Catacombs--France--Paris--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--France--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
Paris (France)--History--1940-1944--Fiction.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3563.C383495 / S59 2026
813/.54
Skylark : a novel / Sky-lark : a novel Paula McLain. - First Atria Books hardcover edition. - 452 pages ; 24 cm. - Good morning America book club . - Good morning America book club. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 452).
"1664. Alouette Voland is the daughter of a master dyer at the famed Gobelin Tapestry Works, who secretly dreams of escaping her circumstances and creating her own masterpiece. When her father is unjustly imprisoned, Alouette's efforts to save him lead to her own confinement in the notorious Salpêtrière asylum, where thousands of women are held captive and cruelly treated. But within its grim walls, she discovers a small group of brave allies, and the possibility of a life bigger than she ever imagined. 1939. Kristof Larson is a medical student beginning his psychiatric residency in Paris, whose neighbors on the Rue de Gobelins are a Jewish family who have fled Poland. When Nazi forces descend on the city, Kristof becomes their only hope for survival, even as his work as a doctor is jeopardized"--
9781668028155 1668028158
2025938834
Dyers--Fiction.
Artisans--Fiction.
Liberty--Fiction.
Asylums--Fiction.
False imprisonment--Fiction.
Escapes--Fiction.
Medical students--Fiction.
Refugees--Poland--Fiction.
Underground areas--France--Paris--Fiction.
Catacombs--France--Paris--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--France--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
Paris (France)--History--1940-1944--Fiction.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3563.C383495 / S59 2026
813/.54