Nell is twenty-six and has never been to Paris.
She's never even been on a romantic weekend away—to anywhere—before. Traveling
abroad isn't really her thing. But when Nell's boyfriend fails to show up for
their mini-vacation, she has the opportunity to prove everyone—including
herself—wrong. Alone in Paris, Nell finds a version of herself she never
knew existed: independent and intrepid. Could this turn out to be the most
adventurous weekend of her life?
I was in the midst of my yearning for Paris mood
(which strikes me frequently throughout the year) when I pounced upon this
book. "Paris for One" is the
novella which takes up most of the pages and sure enough this delightful rendezvous
soothed my ache. An overcautious young
woman alone in Paris for the first time discovers she's braver and more
adventurous than she thought. It has everything I wanted from a Parisian
reading escape and entertained me enormously.
The rest of the short stories are also a mixture,
some romantic, some of self-discovery. Some descend to darkness, but not too
dark, before its hopeful ending.
One of the stories, “Holdups”, has my favorite
dialogue:
’I realized pretty quickly I couldn’t marry a
man without a bookshelf…in his house. Not even a little one in his loo for the
Reader’s Digest…He didn’t have one book. Not even a true crime. Or a Jeffrey
Archer. I mean, what does that tell you
about someone’s character?’
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