In Small Acts of Defiance Michelle Wright paints a beautifully intimate portrait that
celebrates the courage and resilience of the human spirit.? Jane Harper author of The
Survivors A stunning debut WWII novel from award-winning short story writer Michelle Wright
about the small but courageous acts a young woman performs against the growing anti-Jewish
measures in Nazi-occupied Paris. ?Doing nothing is still a choice. A choice to stand aside and
let it happen.? January 1940: After a devastating tragedy young Australian woman Lucie and her
mother Yvonne are forced to leave home and flee to France. There they seek help from the only
family they have left Lucie's uncle Gérard. As the Second World War engulfs Europe the two
women find themselves trapped in German-occupied Paris sharing a cramped apartment with the
authoritarian Gérard and his extremist views. Drawing upon her artistic talents Lucie risks
her own safety to engage in small acts of defiance against the occupying Nazi forces and the
collaborationist French regime ? illustrating pro-resistance tracts and forging identity cards.
Faced with the escalating brutality of anti-Jewish measures and the indifference of so many of
her fellow Parisians Lucie must decide how far she will go to protect her friends and defend
the rights of others before it's too late.
