Deciding to moving to Paris is a dream come true for this naive young American who sets out to build  a photography career in the most photographed city in the world.  However, not surprisingly, Krystal Kenny discovers she has a mountain to conquer as she may love  Paris but Paris certainly does not love her.…

Journalist Audrey Edwards swore she would leave America if Donald Trump was elected president. He was. And she did. She bolted to Paris and even when Trump was turfed out, she never looked back. In this rich collection of essays, cultural and political commentary, and personal “race stories,” we get a fresh perspective about an…

I have never had a sweet tooth but I melted into raptures of unrequited love for the sugary delights described in this memoir by Amy Thomas. Thomas, a copy writer by trade, heralds from New York City where she has also built a reputation on the side as a “viennoiserie” and “pastry” connoisseur and journalist.…

it’s not the shoes, the scarves, or the lipstick that gives French women their allure. In What French Women Know, Debra Ollivier goes beyond stale ooh-la-la stereotypes, challenging ingrained notions about sex, love, marriage, motherhood, and everything in between. With savvy, provocative thinking from French mistresses and maidens alike, Ollivier presents a refreshing counterpoint to…

By Natasha Sizlo Imagine if your astrological chart showed that the love of your life would be born on November 2nd, 1968 in Paris!  Would you get on a place for the City of Light and start searching for every man that fits that description? Probably not. But Natasha Sizlo does. And she has good…

By Michelle Facos Have you wondered what it would be like to have found yourself stranded far away from home at the beginning of the pandemic? That is what happened to Michelle Facos on a trip to Paris. Michelle makes the decision to stay put during COVID which leads to a transformative 16-month journey of…

Heartfelt, sometimes raw with intensity, this is one of the most courageous and beautifully written memoirs that I have read with Paris as a backdrop. Paris is for Juliet both a seductive enchantress, and a forlorn companion as she navigates through her life and her place in her family. Riveting with surprising twists and turns.…

I was enraptured when I read this collection of real stories about experiencing Paris written by some of the biggest names in women’s fiction, including Paula McLain, Therese Anne Fowler, Maggie Shipstead, and Lauren Willig, edited by Eleanor Brown, the New York Times best-selling author of The Weird Sisters and The Light of Paris. While…

Following on from her hugely popular books, My Good Life in France and My Good Year in France, ex-pat Janine Marsh shares more heart-warming and entertaining stories of her new life in rural France. Since giving up their city jobs in London and moving to rural France over ten years ago, Janine and her husband…

If you remember your first love, you will not be able to put this book down.  Imagine finding your first love in Paris, with a mercurial French man and you have the ingredients for a powerful love story about which we have all dreamed or fantasized.  But this memoir by American Julie Scolnik does not…