Post by janetandjohn on Jul 16, 2016 9:25:06 GMT
When I got this book to review I was disappointed.....at first. I had imagined (for no reason) a different kind of book. But this one turned out to be something worth reading for two reasons. First, I love a book that involves two stories which intertwine and second, I don't always need a fireworks and flowers ending. This one won on both counts.
Madeleine is living in style in Chicago, in a pristine apartment, with a handsome husband, money to spend and nothing to do except be her husband's escort, help-meet, and all round perfect partner. She's unhappy, but doesn't know why. After a (very small) falling out with the handsome husband, she goes home to her mother for a few days. The few days turn into something longer, as she helps her mother clear out the house prior to it's sale. In the attic she finds the diaries and notebooks of her grandmother's stay in Paris in the early nineteen twenties. In the cellar she finds a collection of things that made her happy once. And so these two stories run side by side, as you (and Madeleine) find out what Paris was like for Margie, and Madeleine finds out what is right for her.
It's not a heavy read, and at around 300 pages a good length. There are some interesting facts within the fiction here - including a startling bit of information about the American Library in Paris - but they are well woven into the story, so just keep reading! Enjoyable, garden in the sun with a glass of wine or on the beach under the umbrella kind of book.
[copy of my Amazon Vine review]
Madeleine is living in style in Chicago, in a pristine apartment, with a handsome husband, money to spend and nothing to do except be her husband's escort, help-meet, and all round perfect partner. She's unhappy, but doesn't know why. After a (very small) falling out with the handsome husband, she goes home to her mother for a few days. The few days turn into something longer, as she helps her mother clear out the house prior to it's sale. In the attic she finds the diaries and notebooks of her grandmother's stay in Paris in the early nineteen twenties. In the cellar she finds a collection of things that made her happy once. And so these two stories run side by side, as you (and Madeleine) find out what Paris was like for Margie, and Madeleine finds out what is right for her.
It's not a heavy read, and at around 300 pages a good length. There are some interesting facts within the fiction here - including a startling bit of information about the American Library in Paris - but they are well woven into the story, so just keep reading! Enjoyable, garden in the sun with a glass of wine or on the beach under the umbrella kind of book.
[copy of my Amazon Vine review]
