Rating: 
Summary: EXCELLENT!
Review: This is a personal story written by someone who feels like a close girlfriend. I highly recommend this wonderful book.
Rating:
Summary: Beautiful!
Review: This is a wonderful book. I feel like I know her, and one day I could be in Paris with her.
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Summary: C'est Magnifique
Review: Though the circumstances that lead Gershman to make the move to Paris are quite heartbreaking, this book offers a wonderful insight into the human spirit and how one stoically deals with tragedy.Gershman's detailed and witty account of her leap across the pond offers her readers a delicious chance to savor a lifestyle of cultured surroundings, scrumptious cuisine and superb shopping. Though I am significantly grounded here in Texas, I long for the sophisticated culture of Europe and find this form of "armchair travel" to be much cheaper than roundtrip tickets. For like Gershman, I feel it in my bones that I belong there and always feel melancholy when returning home to Texas, the heat, the lack of proper table manners, etc. However, I have neither the means nor the gumption to leave what I have built behind to start a new life abroad (Plus my husband is a native Texan and gets very antsy when in Europe for too long-believe it or not he dislikes the food, lack of air conditioning, lack of space and lack of "tact" many Europeans posses. i.e. questions such as, "Why do you believe in the death penalty? Why are Americans so fat and uncultured? What is wrong with your healthcare systems? He sees these as attacks-not an opportunity to exchange opinions). But I digress...Hats of to the brave Suzy for writing such a poignant tale of her new life after loss. Take this one along to the beach or on the plane or simply snuggled in your favorite chair with a nice glass of Bordeaux. Tres bien Cherie!
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Summary: not bad
Review: When I saw this book my first thought was 'Not another I ran away to Paris and found myself book,' and probably that will be a lot of people's reactions but give this book a chance. Having read Suzy's born to shop books I already liked her and was curious to see how she'd fare without her beloved and good natured husband.
Her Paris is light, funny and a bit mad. The tone of the book is gentle and has can be read by everyone from grandma to highly literate teens. It's a very pleasant way to pass a few hours.
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