I Remember Paris
Take a romantic trip to Paris in the heartwarming novel from bestselling author Lucy Diamond
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4.4 • 43 Ratings
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Publisher Description
If the opportunity of a lifetime offered you a fresh start in Paris, wouldn't you say yes? Jess certainly does, but when things get bumpy, will she stay the course - or abandon her dream of a brighter future?
'As multi-layered, rich and enjoyable as a giant mille-feuille' Milly Johnson
Jess craves change. Her husband turned out to be a mid-life cliché, wrecking their marriage with his affair - and the career in journalism she abandoned for motherhood feels horribly out of reach.
So, when she's invited to Paris to write the memoir of famous, reclusive artist Adelaide Fox, Jess leaps at the chance. She spent a magical summer there decades ago - and who wouldn't want to stay in the Marais with an exciting job lined up?
But Adelaide is prickly and tight-lipped and worse, it seems Jess wasn't the writer she wanted to work with after all.
Dark secrets are lurking in Adelaide's youth, and Jess is determined to uncover them ... but in so doing, she'll need to examine her own past in Paris. Can Jess get to the heart of the matter and carve herself a new path to happiness along the way?
'A heartfelt and escapist read' Woman's Weekly
'Glorious characters and a dreamy setting' The Sun
'Lucy's best book yet' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ READER REVIEW
'I loved it!' KATIE FFORDE
'Escapist, romantic and scandalous' SUNDAY POST
'Such a treat' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ READER REVIEW
READERS LOVE LUCY DIAMOND
'I love all of Lucy's books' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
'Lucy writes with such warmth and sympathy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
'Pure escapism' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
'So uplifting' 5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
'I can't put Lucy's books down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
Customer Reviews
Another excellent book from Lucy Diamond.
Jess Bright, freelance journalist, soon to be divorced and single mother to three teenage daughters, is excited when she's offered the job of going to Paris to ghost write the memoir of the famous artist Adelaide Fox. Unfortunately Adelaide, known as being extremely difficult, takes a dislike to Jess who needs this job to kick start her return to full-time journalism. For the book to be written the two women have to call a truce and slowly their friendship develops.
Written in a dual POV, Adelaide recalls her often scandalous life in the London Bohemian movement of the Sixties, with more and more shocking events disclosed as the interview continues. In Jess's free time she reacquaints herself with Paris and searches for clues to solve the mystery of her friend's sudden disappearance twenty years ago.
A complex enough plot to keep me intrigued to the very satisfactory end.
eARC generously supplied by Quercus Books and NetGalley, this review is my personal, unbiased opinion.