SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 | 4:00 P.M. | UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE | Reception

Matthew Goodman
Paris Undercover
A Wartime Story of Courage, Friendship, and Betrayal

Two unlikely heroines risked everything in Nazi-occupied Paris to smuggle Allied soldiers to safety. Captured by the Gestapo, Kate Bonnefous was imprisoned for the remainder of the war, while Etta Shiber returned to the US in a prisoner exchange and published a bestselling memoir of their exploits that became a Hollywood film. As Goodman now reveals, Shiber’s story was built on fabrications and omissions—chief among them her Jewish identity. Drawing on uncovered military records and personal testimonies, Goodman reconstructs the true story of their friendship, courage, deceptions, and buried truths. 

Matthew Goodman is a New York Times bestselling nonfiction author. His work has received the New York City Book Award and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.