Crouched in the bomb bay of an Avro Lancaster Lillian Jackson wonders why she agreed to this assignment. Since childhood when her grandmother taught her to speak French and told her stories about Paris she's wanted to visit the city. Now her dreams are coming true but not as she imagined. Now she will be parachuting into France to work undercover in the Nazi's Paris office as a French woman named Lili Villon.There in constant fear of discovery she photographs important documents with a camera hidden in a cigarette lighter. When an incident threatens her cover her contacts a Catholic priest and a Canadian doctor urge her to end the mission. But she refuses. Being Lili is the debut novel of an author who has experienced both sides of book production: writing and publishing. Before retiring, Catherine Davis Pezdirtz was Executive Editor for a publishing company and is the author of several children's books and three inspirational books for adults (now out of print). Pezdirtz lives in the Chicago area with her husband, George.
