You’ll be heartened by the courage of Michou “Lily”.
“Code Name Lily” is an engrossing war fiction novel based on the true story of Micheline “Michou” Dumon-Ugeux who went by the code name Lily. Michou was a real life heroine who worked as a Belgian nurse in the early 1940s. She was able to successfully outwit the Nazis for several years, risking her life on a daily basis. As a result of her bravery, Michou was able to assist hundreds of downed airmen.
The dynamic story whisks readers on a journey from Rhode Island in our present day all the way across the sea to Belgium, into France, and over the Pyrenees Mountains into Spain at the time of the war. It all starts when retiring Doctor Antoine Papineau receives a phone call about a box left sealed up in a hidden room in his childhood home. It contains a short journal and some war medals that belonged to his late father, Gerard. Knowing nothing of his father’s military background, what follows is path of discovery for Antoine, introducing him to the true account of an amazing woman.
If you crave a work of fiction featuring a little known but mighty figure in history, look no further! You’ll be heartened by the courage of Michou “Lily”, whose story belongs in the history books alongside such figures as Rosa Parks and Malala Yousafzai.
