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I'm mostly here to enjoy myself : one woman's pursuit of pleasure in Paris / Glynnis MacNicol.
"An intimate, insightful, powerful, and endlessly pleasurable memoir of an intensely lived experience whose meaning and insight expands far beyond the personal narrative"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593655757 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 275 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Life, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : à Paris -- The only thing to do Is go -- Good decisions -- Prized control, yearned after momentum -- Fruitz -- Pass sanitaire -- No seeds attached -- On va prendre -- Liberator -- Skin hunger -- The assumption -- Grazing the watercress -- A moveable feast -- Le chiot italian -- The young women -- Le football -- Time and again -- Woman reclining -- To the sea -- Oui, monsieur -- I do believe I've had enough. |
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| Subject: | MacNicol, Glynnis, 1974- > Travel > France > Paris. Americans > France > Paris. Pleasure. Women authors, American > Biography. Paris (France) > Description and travel. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 944.004130092 MacNi | 31681010376689 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"An intimate, insightful, powerful, and endlessly pleasurable memoir of an intensely lived experience whose meaning and insight expands far beyond the personal narrative"-- - Baker & Taylor
A 46-year-old unmarried woman tells the story of how she fled the loneliness of her Manhattan life during the COVID-19 pandemic to embark on an adventure of friendship, food and sex in Paris. - Penguin Putnam
âAÂ delight, the literary equivalent of a long catch-up with a brilliant friend.â âNew York Times
âOne of the most talked-about books of the year.â âGayle King
When youâre a woman of a certain age, you are only promised that everything will get worse. But what if everything youâve been told is a lie?
Come to Paris, August 2021, when the City of Lights was still empty of tourists and a thirst for long-overdue pleasure gripped those who wandered its streets.
After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged forty-six, unmarried with no children, spent sixteen months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch. Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for. When the opportunity to sublet a friendâs apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it. Leaving felt less like a risk than a necessity.
What follows is a decadent, joyful, unexpected journey into one womanâs pursuit of radical enjoyment.
The weeks in Paris are filled with friendship and food and sex. There is dancing on the Seine; a plethora of gooey cheese; midnight bike rides through empty Paris; handsome men; afternoons wandering through the empty Louvre; nighttime swimming in the ocean off a French island. And yes, plenty of nudity.
In the spirit of Nora Ephron and Deborah Levy (think Colette . . . if sheâd had access to dating apps), Iâm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself is an intimate, insightful, powerful, and endlessly pleasurable memoir of an intensely lived experience whose meaning and insight expand far beyond the personal narrative. MacNicol is determined to document the beauty, excess, and triumph of a life that does not require permission.
The pursuit of enjoyment is a political act, both a right and a responsibility. Enjoying yourselfâas you areâis not something the world tells you is possible, but it is.
Hereâs the proof.
