TY - BOOK AU - McLain,Paula TI - Skylark: a novel T2 - Good morning America book club SN - 9781668028155 AV - PS3563.C383495 S59 2026 U1 - 813/.54 23/eng/20251126 PY - 2026/// CY - New York PB - Atria Books KW - Dyers KW - Fiction KW - Artisans KW - Liberty KW - Asylums KW - False imprisonment KW - Escapes KW - Medical students KW - Refugees KW - Poland KW - Underground areas KW - France KW - Paris KW - Catacombs KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Underground movements KW - Paris (France) KW - History KW - 1940-1944 KW - German occupation, 1940-1945 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 452) N2 - "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"-- ER -