Read along with us and join the conversation all month on our Instagram account, @GMABookClub, and with #GMABookClub. **********************************************************PROLOGUEThe fire peels Notre-Dame like an illuminated manuscript soaked in water, its layers separating, releasing their secrets. Later, in the still-smoldering ruins, researchers will find more intimate human traces: names and fingerprints left in ancient mortar. Audio excerpt courtesy of Simon & Schuster. Audio read by Alexa Davalos and Michiel Huisman from the forthcoming audiobook \"SKYLARK\" by Paula McLain, to be published by Simon & Schuster Audio, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Used with permission from Simon & Schuster, LLC.

Source: ABC News January 06, 2026 17:01 UTC