Memory and Desire — Lisa Appignanesi

When Dr. Jacob Jardine strolls through a bustling marketplace in 1934 Paris, he is drawn to the tantalizing Sylvia--half child, half temptress, the darling of bohemian Paris, and soon to become a heroine of the Resistance. Driven by inner demons and a rare passion, Sylvie Jardine uses her charms to captivate a brilliant psychoanalyst, but is hurt by the choices she has made in life.

A multi-layered love story begins in Paris in 1934 and has repercussions that lead Alexei Gismondi to New York in 1980 on a search for the woman who holds the key to the mystery that obsesses him.