

Janet is also an advocate of independent bookstores, investing in The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore in Paris. “I love putting pen to paper and am interested in women’s journey and the way that women who move to a foreign country must reinvent themselves.” Janet Skeslien Charles An ardent Francophile, Janet moved to Paris from Montana as a young woman ultimately finding an opportunity to work at the American Library where she found her latest writing inspiration. This book follows her award-winning debut novel, Moonlight in Odessa.

For TWE’s Summer Bookshelf, we recommend the fascinating historical novel The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles about heroic librarians at the American Library who defied the Nazis with courageous actions during World War II.
