Notre-Dame de Paris, In Tribute and Sorrow

April 16, 2019

I don’t even know what to say. What a loss to Paris, to the world, to all of us who love Paris, and to everyone who never had the chance to get there to see Notre-Dame Cathedral. Building started on it in 1163. It survived the French Revolution, two world wars....

The Rain Watcher by Tatiana De Rosnay

October 23, 2018

I hate to repeat the words that appear on an ARC (Advanced Reader’s Copy). But, Tatiana De Rosnay’s latest novel, The Rain Watcher, truly is heartbreaking. It’s an emotional book about one family, caught up in their own secrets at a time of...

April in Paris, 1921 by Tessa Lunney

July 03, 2018

Even when I’m not crazy about a book, I’ll usually remark on it here. I can honestly say Tessa Lunney’s debut, April in Paris, 1921, was not for me. On the other hand, I have a friend who loves poetry and Paris and even the sound of the main...

The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston

May 09, 2018

Caroline Preston, the author of The War Bride’s Scrapbook, actually had an earlier book that was similar. While that book centered on World War II, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures, was about a young woman in the twenties. As in the later...

Tasting Paris by Clotilde Dusoulier

April 29, 2018

Look at the cover of Clotilde Dusoulier’s Tasting Paris. Those are profiteroles, cream puffs filled with ice cream and covered with chocolate. I had them in Paris, and they are to die for. Some of the other ninety-nine dishes in Dusoulier’s book are too....