Paris Was the Place
Taking a job in 1980s Paris teaching asylum-seeking immigrant girls, Willie Pears reevaluates her views about family while bonding with her young charges, including a young Indian girl who compels her to make a wrenching decision.
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Review:
"Susan Conley's "Paris Was the Place" has the kind of emotional weight you hope for in a novel. Its world, by turns achingly beautiful and brutally unjust, is as vividly rendered as its characters, whose joys and struggles we embrace as our own." --Richard Russo
"Susan Conley's deft, moving novel is a beautiful love song, as much to Paris as to that tipping point in life when love and loss combine and perhaps, for the first time, both heartbroken and thrilled, you feel acutely what it means to be fully human and alive." --Sarah Blake, author of "The Postmistress"
"Paris Was the Place is a gorgeous love story and a wise, intimate journal of dislocation that examines how far we'll go for the people we love most. I couldn't put it down." --Ayelet Waldman, author of "Red Hook Road
"
""Paris Was the Place," with its portrait of Paris in the 80's and a narrator whose beloved brother is undone by AIDS, renders viscerally just how the personal becomes the political, and vice-versa: it's beautifully eloquent on the shortfall we so keenly feel between the comfort and support we "can" offer loved ones and the comprehensive safety we wish we could provide. It reminds us through the openheartedness of its compassion of the infinity of ways in which doing what we can for others might represent the best we can do in terms of saving ourselves." --Jim Shepard, author of "You Think That's Bad
"
"In "Paris Was the Place "Susan Conley has created a vivid portrait of a place and a person. As Willow falls in love, first with the girls she teaches at a detention centre and then with the immigration lawyer charged with helping them, her life becomes increasingly complicated. The result is a suspenseful story, full of moral choices and deep feeling. Willow is an irresistible heroine." --Margot Livesey, author of "The Flight of Gemma Hardy
"
"Sensual and seductive, "Paris Was the Place" pulls you in and doesn't let you go. Find your nearest chair and start rea
"A satisfying cassoulet of questions about home, comfort and love, served with a fresh perspective on a dazzling city." --Elisabeth Egan, "People"
"Conley writes beautifully, compellingly [and] with a directness and clarity that is moving without being maudlin. . . . [She] also evokes a vivid sense of Paris. . . Captivating descriptions highlight the hallmarks and quirks of the various arrondissements and neighborhoods with a 'you are here' immediacy." --Karen Campbell, "The Boston Globe
"
"The author of the acclaimed memoir "The Foremost Good Fortune" has written an exquisite debut novel. American Willow Pears lives and teaches in Paris at a center for immigrant girls who have requested asylum in France. The culture, flavor, keen detail, and literature of Paris, India, and the US are lyrically interwoven in a story about hope, love, family, forgiveness, expectation, risk, loss, and letting go." --Susan K. McCann (Essex Books), "The Boston Globe," "Pick of the Week."
"Susan Conley's "Paris Was the Place" has the kind of emotional weight you hope for in a novel. Its world, by turns achingly beautiful and brutally unjust, is as vividly rendered as its characters, whose joys and struggles we embrace as our own." --Richard Russo
"Susan Conley's deft, moving novel is a beautiful love song, as much to Paris as to that tipping point in life when love and loss combine and perhaps, for the first time, both heartbroken and thrilled, you feel acutely what it means to be fully human and alive." --Sarah Blake, author of "The Postmistress"
"Paris Was the Place is a gorgeous love story and a wise, intimate journal of dislocation that examines how far we'll go for the people we love most. I couldn't put it down." --Ayelet Waldman, author of "Red Hook Road
"
""Paris Was the Place," with its portrait of Paris in the 80's and a narrator whose beloved brother is undone by AIDS, renders viscerally just how the personal becomes the political, and v
"A satisfying "cassoulet" of questions about home, comfort and love, served with a fresh perspective on a dazzling city."
--"People"
"Exquisite. . . . A story about hope, love, family, forgiveness, expectation, risk, loss, and letting go."
--"The Boston Globe, ""Pick of the Week"
"Susan Conley's "Paris Was the Place" has the kind of emotional weight you hope for in a novel. . . . Achingly beautiful."
--Richard Russo
"Deeply felt."
--"Elle "
"Sensual and seductive, "Paris Was the Place" pulls you in and doesn't let you go. Find your nearest chair and start reading."
--Lily King
"Susan Conley's deft, moving novel is a beautiful love song, as much to Paris as to that tipping point in life when love and loss combine and perhaps, for the first time, both heartbroken and thrilled, you feel acutely what it means to be fully human and alive."
--Sarah Blake, author of "The Postmistress"
"Reminds us that it is impossible to separate what is hideous from what is lovely in our everyday lives."
--"The Portland Phoenix"
"Conley's debut novel zips its readers to the Paris of the 1980s. . . . At its heart the story explores the ties between family and friends, but also delights around the edges with descriptions of a sky 'flanged lilac, ' dove gray apartments buildings, cafes with awnings, and crepes with lemon and butter and sugar."
--"Reader's Digest"
""Paris Was the Place" is a gorgeous love story and a wise, intimate journal of dislocation that examines how far we'll go for the people we love most. I couldn't put it down."
--Ayelet Waldman, author of "Red Hook Road"
"Much more than a love story. . . . The brief flashbacks are so vivid you would swear the author went through that primal experience."
--"The Stamford Advocate"
"Deftly exploring the complexities of friendship, family, and commitment, Conley adroitly demonstrates her infectious passion for Paris through an extensive and intimate portrait of the inner workings concealed behind its seductive faCade."
--"Booklist"
"A suspenseful story, full of moral choices and deep feeling. Willow is an irresistible heroine."
--Margot Livesey, author of "The Flight of Gemma Hardy "
"["Paris Was the Place"] reminds us through the openheartedness of its compassion of the infinity of ways in which doing what we can for others might represent the best we can do in terms of saving ourselves."
--Jim Shepard, author of "You Think That's Bad"
"An affecting debut."
--"Kirkus Reviews "
"Smart and compulsively readable, "Paris Was the Place" is a bittersweet meditation on responsibility and family, and on the power of words to save us."
--Maryanne O'Hara, author of "Cascade "
"Tenderhearted, earnest, and sincere."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"A heartrending and deeply hopeful novel. . . . [Conley's] immigrant girls are tenderly drawn, full of pathos. One feels a need get to close to them, to provide some comfort, to find some way to fix this broken system and this brutal world. Thankfully, Willie Pears--Conley's big-hearted, clear-eyed narrator--is there."
--Sarah Braunstein, author of "The Sweet Relief of Missing Children"
A satisfying cassoulet of questions about home, comfort and love, served with a fresh perspective on a dazzling city.
People
Exquisite. . . . A story about hope, love, family, forgiveness, expectation, risk, loss, and letting go.
The Boston Globe, Pick of the Week
Susan Conley s Paris Was the Placehas the kind of emotional weight you hope for in a novel. . . . Achingly beautiful.
Richard Russo
Deeply felt.
Elle
Sensual and seductive, Paris Was the Place pulls you in and doesn t let you go. Find your nearest chair and start reading.
Lily King
Susan Conley's deft, moving novel is a beautiful love song, as much to Paris as to that tipping point in life when love and loss combine and perhaps, for the first time, both heartbroken and thrilled, you feel acutely what it means to be fully human and alive.
Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress
Reminds us that it is impossible to separate what is hideous from what is lovely in our everyday lives.
The Portland Phoenix
Conley s debut novel zips its readers to the Paris of the 1980s. . . . At its heart the story explores the ties between family and friends, butalso delights around the edges with descriptions of a sky flanged lilac, dove gray apartments buildings, cafes with awnings, and crepes with lemon and butter and sugar.
Reader s Digest
Paris Was the Place is a gorgeous love story and awise, intimate journal of dislocation that examines how far we'll go for the people we love most. I couldn t put it down.
Ayelet Waldman, author of Red Hook Road
Much more than a love story. . . . The brief flashbacks are so vivid you would swear the author went through that primal experience.
The Stamford Advocate
Deftly exploring the complexities of friendship, family, and commitment, Conley adroitly demonstrates her infectious passion for Paris through an extensive and intimate portrait of the inner workings concealed behind its seductive facade.
Booklist
A suspenseful story, full of moral choices and deep feeling. Willow is an irresistible heroine.
Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy
[Paris Was the Place] reminds us through the openheartedness of its compassion of the infinity of ways in which doing what we can for others might represent the best we can do in terms of saving ourselves.
Jim Shepard, author of You Think That s Bad
An affecting debut.
Kirkus Reviews
Smart and compulsively readable, Paris Was the Place is a bittersweet meditation on responsibility and family, and on the power of words to save us.
Maryanne O Hara, author of Cascade
Tenderhearted, earnest, and sincere.
Publishers Weekly
A heartrending and deeply hopeful novel. . . . [Conley s] immigrant girls are tenderly drawn, full of pathos. One feels a need get to close to them, to provide some comfort, to find some way to fix this broken system and this brutal world. Thankfully, Willie Pears Conley s big-hearted, clear-eyed narrator is there.
Sarah Braunstein, author of The Sweet Relief of Missing Children"
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"Susan Conley's deft, moving novel is a beautiful love song, as much to Paris as to that tipping point in life when love and loss combine and perhaps, for the first time, both heartbroken and thrilled, you feel acutely what it means to be fully human and alive." --Sarah Blake, author of "The Postmistress"
"Paris Was the Place is a gorgeous love story and a wise, intimate journal of dislocation that examines how far we'll go for the people we love most. I couldn't put it down." --Ayelet Waldman, author of "Red Hook Road
"
""Paris Was the Place," with its portrait of Paris in the 80's and a narrator whose beloved brother is undone by AIDS, renders viscerally just how the personal becomes the political, and vice-versa: it's beautifully eloquent on the shortfall we so keenly feel between the comfort and support we "can" offer loved ones and the comprehensive safety we wish we could provide. It reminds us through the openheartedness of its compassion of the infinity of ways in which doing what we can for others might represent the best we can do in terms of saving ourselves." --Jim Shepard, author of "You Think That's Bad
"
"In "Paris Was the Place "Susan Conley has created a vivid portrait of a place and a person. As Willow falls in love, first with the girls she teaches at a detention centre and then with the immigration lawyer charged with helping them, her life becomes increasingly complicated. The result is a suspenseful story, full of moral choices and deep feeling. Willow is an irresistible heroine." --Margot Livesey, author of "The Flight of Gemma Hardy
"
"Sensual and seductive, "Paris Was the Place" pulls you in and doesn't let you go. Find your nearest chair and start rea
"A satisfying cassoulet of questions about home, comfort and love, served with a fresh perspective on a dazzling city." --Elisabeth Egan, "People"
"Conley writes beautifully, compellingly [and] with a directness and clarity that is moving without being maudlin. . . . [She] also evokes a vivid sense of Paris. . . Captivating descriptions highlight the hallmarks and quirks of the various arrondissements and neighborhoods with a 'you are here' immediacy." --Karen Campbell, "The Boston Globe
"
"The author of the acclaimed memoir "The Foremost Good Fortune" has written an exquisite debut novel. American Willow Pears lives and teaches in Paris at a center for immigrant girls who have requested asylum in France. The culture, flavor, keen detail, and literature of Paris, India, and the US are lyrically interwoven in a story about hope, love, family, forgiveness, expectation, risk, loss, and letting go." --Susan K. McCann (Essex Books), "The Boston Globe," "Pick of the Week."
"Susan Conley's "Paris Was the Place" has the kind of emotional weight you hope for in a novel. Its world, by turns achingly beautiful and brutally unjust, is as vividly rendered as its characters, whose joys and struggles we embrace as our own." --Richard Russo
"Susan Conley's deft, moving novel is a beautiful love song, as much to Paris as to that tipping point in life when love and loss combine and perhaps, for the first time, both heartbroken and thrilled, you feel acutely what it means to be fully human and alive." --Sarah Blake, author of "The Postmistress"
"Paris Was the Place is a gorgeous love story and a wise, intimate journal of dislocation that examines how far we'll go for the people we love most. I couldn't put it down." --Ayelet Waldman, author of "Red Hook Road
"
""Paris Was the Place," with its portrait of Paris in the 80's and a narrator whose beloved brother is undone by AIDS, renders viscerally just how the personal becomes the political, and v
"A satisfying "cassoulet" of questions about home, comfort and love, served with a fresh perspective on a dazzling city."
--"People"
"Exquisite. . . . A story about hope, love, family, forgiveness, expectation, risk, loss, and letting go."
--"The Boston Globe, ""Pick of the Week"
"Susan Conley's "Paris Was the Place" has the kind of emotional weight you hope for in a novel. . . . Achingly beautiful."
--Richard Russo
"Deeply felt."
--"Elle "
"Sensual and seductive, "Paris Was the Place" pulls you in and doesn't let you go. Find your nearest chair and start reading."
--Lily King
"Susan Conley's deft, moving novel is a beautiful love song, as much to Paris as to that tipping point in life when love and loss combine and perhaps, for the first time, both heartbroken and thrilled, you feel acutely what it means to be fully human and alive."
--Sarah Blake, author of "The Postmistress"
"Reminds us that it is impossible to separate what is hideous from what is lovely in our everyday lives."
--"The Portland Phoenix"
"Conley's debut novel zips its readers to the Paris of the 1980s. . . . At its heart the story explores the ties between family and friends, but also delights around the edges with descriptions of a sky 'flanged lilac, ' dove gray apartments buildings, cafes with awnings, and crepes with lemon and butter and sugar."
--"Reader's Digest"
""Paris Was the Place" is a gorgeous love story and a wise, intimate journal of dislocation that examines how far we'll go for the people we love most. I couldn't put it down."
--Ayelet Waldman, author of "Red Hook Road"
"Much more than a love story. . . . The brief flashbacks are so vivid you would swear the author went through that primal experience."
--"The Stamford Advocate"
"Deftly exploring the complexities of friendship, family, and commitment, Conley adroitly demonstrates her infectious passion for Paris through an extensive and intimate portrait of the inner workings concealed behind its seductive faCade."
--"Booklist"
"A suspenseful story, full of moral choices and deep feeling. Willow is an irresistible heroine."
--Margot Livesey, author of "The Flight of Gemma Hardy "
"["Paris Was the Place"] reminds us through the openheartedness of its compassion of the infinity of ways in which doing what we can for others might represent the best we can do in terms of saving ourselves."
--Jim Shepard, author of "You Think That's Bad"
"An affecting debut."
--"Kirkus Reviews "
"Smart and compulsively readable, "Paris Was the Place" is a bittersweet meditation on responsibility and family, and on the power of words to save us."
--Maryanne O'Hara, author of "Cascade "
"Tenderhearted, earnest, and sincere."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"A heartrending and deeply hopeful novel. . . . [Conley's] immigrant girls are tenderly drawn, full of pathos. One feels a need get to close to them, to provide some comfort, to find some way to fix this broken system and this brutal world. Thankfully, Willie Pears--Conley's big-hearted, clear-eyed narrator--is there."
--Sarah Braunstein, author of "The Sweet Relief of Missing Children"
A satisfying cassoulet of questions about home, comfort and love, served with a fresh perspective on a dazzling city.
People
Exquisite. . . . A story about hope, love, family, forgiveness, expectation, risk, loss, and letting go.
The Boston Globe, Pick of the Week
Susan Conley s Paris Was the Placehas the kind of emotional weight you hope for in a novel. . . . Achingly beautiful.
Richard Russo
Deeply felt.
Elle
Sensual and seductive, Paris Was the Place pulls you in and doesn t let you go. Find your nearest chair and start reading.
Lily King
Susan Conley's deft, moving novel is a beautiful love song, as much to Paris as to that tipping point in life when love and loss combine and perhaps, for the first time, both heartbroken and thrilled, you feel acutely what it means to be fully human and alive.
Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress
Reminds us that it is impossible to separate what is hideous from what is lovely in our everyday lives.
The Portland Phoenix
Conley s debut novel zips its readers to the Paris of the 1980s. . . . At its heart the story explores the ties between family and friends, butalso delights around the edges with descriptions of a sky flanged lilac, dove gray apartments buildings, cafes with awnings, and crepes with lemon and butter and sugar.
Reader s Digest
Paris Was the Place is a gorgeous love story and awise, intimate journal of dislocation that examines how far we'll go for the people we love most. I couldn t put it down.
Ayelet Waldman, author of Red Hook Road
Much more than a love story. . . . The brief flashbacks are so vivid you would swear the author went through that primal experience.
The Stamford Advocate
Deftly exploring the complexities of friendship, family, and commitment, Conley adroitly demonstrates her infectious passion for Paris through an extensive and intimate portrait of the inner workings concealed behind its seductive facade.
Booklist
A suspenseful story, full of moral choices and deep feeling. Willow is an irresistible heroine.
Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy
[Paris Was the Place] reminds us through the openheartedness of its compassion of the infinity of ways in which doing what we can for others might represent the best we can do in terms of saving ourselves.
Jim Shepard, author of You Think That s Bad
An affecting debut.
Kirkus Reviews
Smart and compulsively readable, Paris Was the Place is a bittersweet meditation on responsibility and family, and on the power of words to save us.
Maryanne O Hara, author of Cascade
Tenderhearted, earnest, and sincere.
Publishers Weekly
A heartrending and deeply hopeful novel. . . . [Conley s] immigrant girls are tenderly drawn, full of pathos. One feels a need get to close to them, to provide some comfort, to find some way to fix this broken system and this brutal world. Thankfully, Willie Pears Conley s big-hearted, clear-eyed narrator is there.
Sarah Braunstein, author of The Sweet Relief of Missing Children"
Susan Conley is the author ofThe Foremost Good Fortune, a book that won the Maine Literary Award for memoir and was a Goodreads Choice Award finalist. Her writing has appeared inThe New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. She s been awarded fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and the Massachusetts Arts Council. She teaches at the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast MFA writing program, and is the cofounder of The Telling Room, a creative-writing lab in Portland, Maine, where she lives with her husband and their two sons."
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- PublisherBlackstone Pub
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1482926938
- ISBN 13 9781482926934
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