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The light of Paris / Eleanor Brown.
"Madeleine is trapped--by her family's expectations, by her controlling husband, and by her own fears--in an unhappy marriage and a life she never wanted. From the outside, it looks like she has everything, but on the inside, she fears she has nothing that matters. In Madeleine's memories, her grandmother Margie is the kind of woman she should have been--elegant, reserved, perfect. But when Madeleine finds a diary detailing Margie's bold, romantic trip to Jazz Age Paris, she meets the grandmother she never knew: a dreamer who defied her strict, staid family and spent an exhilarating summer writing in cafes, living on her own, and falling for a charismatic artist. Despite her unhappiness, when Madeleine's marriage is threatened, she panics, escaping to her hometown and staying with her critical, disapproving mother. In that unlikely place, shaken by the revelation of a long-hidden family secret and inspired by her grandmother's bravery, Madeleine creates her own Parisian summer--reconnecting to her love of painting, cultivating a vibrant circle of creative friends, and finding a kindred spirit in a down-to-earth chef who reminds her to feed both her body and her heart. Margie and Madeleine's stories intertwine to explore the joys and risks of living life on our own terms, of defying the rules that hold us back from our dreams, and of becoming the people we are meant to be"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399158919 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 308 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
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| Subject: | Married women > Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) in women > Fiction. Self-realization in women > Fiction. Paris (France) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"The miraculous new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Eleanor Brown, whose debut, The Weird Sisters, was a sensation beloved by critics and readers alike. Madeleine is trapped--by her family's expectations, by her controlling husband, and by her own fears--in an unhappy marriage and a life she never wanted. From the outside, it looks like she has everything, but on the inside, she fears she has nothing that matters. In Madeleine's memories, her grandmother Margie is the kind of woman she should have been--elegant, reserved, perfect. But when Madeleine finds a diary detailing Margie's bold, romantic trip to Jazz Age Paris, she meets the grandmother she never knew: a dreamer who defied her strict, staid family and spent an exhilarating summer writing in cafes, living on her own, and falling for a charismatic artist. Despite her unhappiness, when Madeleine's marriage is threatened, she panics, escaping to her hometown and staying with her critical, disapproving mother. In that unlikely place, shaken by the revelation of a long-hidden family secret and inspired by her grandmother's bravery, Madeleine creates her own Parisian summer--reconnecting to her love of painting, cultivating a vibrant circle of creative friends, and finding a kindred spirit in a down-to-earth chef who reminds her to feed both her body and her heart. Margie and Madeleine's stories intertwine to explore the joys and risks of living life on our own terms, of defying the rules that hold us back from our dreams, and of becoming the people we are meant to be"-- - Baker & Taylor
Feeling panicked by her empty life and marriage to a controlling and critical husband, misfit Madeleine discovers a revelatory journal written by her grandmother during a romantic, literary, and rebellious summer in Jazz Age Paris. - Baker & Taylor
Feeling panicked by her empty life and marriage to a controlling and critical husband, misfit Madeleine discovers a revelatory journal written by her grandmother during a romantic, literary and rebellious summer in Jazz Age Paris. By the author of The Weird Sisters. - Penguin Putnam
âI adored The Light of Paris. Itâs so lovely and big-heartedâit made me long for Paris.ââJojo Moyes, New York Times-bestselling author of Me Before You and After You
The miraculous novel from the New York Timesâbestselling author of The Weird Sistersâa sensation beloved by critics and readers alike.
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Madeleine is trappedâby her family's expectations, by her controlling husband, and by her own fearsâin an unhappy marriage and a life she never wanted. From the outside, it looks like she has everything, but on the inside, she fears she has nothing that matters.
In Madeleineâs memories, her grandmother Margie is the kind of woman she should have beenâelegant, reserved, perfect. But when Madeleine finds a diary detailing Margieâs bold, romantic trip to Jazz Age Paris, she meets the grandmother she never knew: a dreamer who defied her strict, staid family and spent an exhilarating summer writing in cafés, living on her own, and falling for a charismatic artist.
Despite her unhappiness, when Madeleineâs marriage is threatened, she panics, escaping to her hometown and staying with her critical, disapproving mother. In that unlikely place, shaken by the revelation of a long-hidden family secret and inspired by her grandmotherâs bravery, Madeleine creates her own Parisian summerâreconnecting to her love of painting, cultivating a vibrant circle of creative friends, and finding a kindred spirit in a down-to-earth chef who reminds her to feed both her body and her heart.
Margie and Madeleineâs stories intertwine to explore the joys and risks of living life on our own terms, of defying the rules that hold us back from our dreams, and of becoming the people we are meant to be.
