The Paris affair
Shehadi, Muna2024
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Christmas, 1915, a grieving father gives his motherless daughter an exquisite, one-of-a-kind A. Marque doll, one she'd gladly exchange for her heart's desire. Summer, 1975, sheltered Midwesterner Helen Kenyon is set to marry her college sweetheart, when she jumps at the opportunity to spend six months in Paris. With fellow Americans Lilianne and Connie and an 'adopted' antique doll, Helen plunges into a heady world of high culture and champagne. But it's the charismatic photojournalist, Gilles Aubert, who tempts her to change her future. Fifty years later, Teresa Clark dutifully accepts the job of preparing her estranged Grandma Helen's Kansas ranch for sale, only to find Helen bears little resemblance to the philandering drunk of her mother's stories. Not until she uncovers mementos of Helen's past and the astonishing secret of a well-preserved antique doll, does Teresa gain strength to face multiple truths - about her family, herself, and what life she'll choose for her own.
Main title:
The Paris affair / Muna Shehadi.
Author:
Shehadi, Muna, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Headline Review, 2024.©2024
Collation:
436 pages ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Women of consequence ; 1.
ISBN:
9781035407774 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
487074