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Summary: Great travel package but weak romance baggage
Review: Though Elizabeth Adler's latest novella blends in a potent fusion of romance and wanderlust, the cardboard-romance can never measure up to the pleasures derived from her vivid descriptions of France and details of the hustle in the tour. Lara Lewis, her central protagonist, decides to embark on a self-discovery tour to France after her twenty-year old marriage with her husband Bill crumbles with his infidelity. She rediscovers youth and courage with a new-found, younger lover Dan Holland who is a handyman engaged by Lara. Adler's affectionate prose pours over the flight delays, messed-up hotel reservations and lost directions in France. Her penchance for details judiciously sums up the beauty in Provence, the glamor in Cannes and the architectural majesty of the Louvres. Cafes, delicacies like prunes and wine sumptuously tease the imaginations of readers. It's great fun and certainly vivacious travel read. The same though cannot be said of the monotonous romance that interrupts the flow of the travel passage with over-dramatized passion. The naive and indecisive Lara is difficult to empathize with. She punctuates the novel with wanting to reconcile with her betraying husband (read:weak) and afraid to love Dan. The conflicts drone on but it's really the travelling we are interested in.
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