Paris Undercover by Matthew Goodman

This story was something right out of the movies and the fact that it is all true is mind blowing. I love tales of women doing the extraordinary and the first part of this book did not disappoint.  What Kitty and Etta did to help British soldiers escape occupied France during WWII was heroic.  However what happened to both of them was incredibly tragic.  What's worse is what happened with the memoir that Etta wrote.  I thought the author did a great job giving both sides of the story but my heart broke for Kitty and what she had to endure.  I also need to mention that this book does go into some detail about the horrors of war and what happened when the Russians liberated France.  It was very hard to read.  Although I enjoyed reading about Kitty and Etta's life there were many times when the book was just too verbose.  I appreciate the detail but there were times when there was just too much and the book would have flowed better if it was more condensed.  I am not a huge non-fiction reader but I thought that this did a good job bringing Kitty and Etta to life.  I enjoyed the pictures that were included as it helped make them even more real.  Overall, this was an important book to read especially as we need to never forget what people went through not so long ago.