The light of Paris

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Label

The light of Paris

Statement of responsibility

Eleanor Brown

Creator

• Brown, Eleanor, 1973-
• trueBrown, Eleanor, 1973-

Author

• Brown, Eleanor, 1973-

Subject

• Self-realization -- Fiction
• Self-actualization (Psychology) in women
• Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction
• trueSelf-discovery in women
• trueSelf-fulfillment in women
• Self-realization in women
• Self-realization in women -- Fiction
• trueVoyages and travels
• Wives -- Fiction
• trueWomen's lives and relationships
• trueDiaries
• Domestic fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Domestic fiction
• FICTION -- Contemporary Women
• FICTION -- Family Life
• FICTION -- Literary
• trueFamilies
• Families -- Fiction
• Family life -- Fiction
• trueFamily secrets
• Fiction
• Fiction
• France -- Paris
• trueGentle reads
• trueGrandmother and granddaughter
• trueIndependence in women
• trueIntergenerational relations
• trueMarital conflict
• Married women
• Married women -- Fiction
• Paris (France) -- Fiction
• trueParis, France
• trueSecrets

Genre

• trueGentle reads
• trueDomestic fiction
• Fiction
• trueWomen's lives and relationships

Language

eng

Summary

"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"--

Theme

• trueGo your own way

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueRomantic

Writing style

• trueDescriptive
• trueEngaging

Character

• trueLikeable

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

BT

Dewey number

813

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult