Lessons in French - Softcover

Reyl, Hilary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007446268 ISBN 13: 9780007446261

Publisher: Harper, 2013

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-05-23 Pages: 352 Language: English A delicious coming-of-age tale set in the most romantic city on earth.On the cusp of the nineties just as the Berlin Wall is falling. Kate is about to pursue her dream and become an artist. But she's just graduated from Yale and when an intriguing job offer comes her way. to work as the assistant to Lydia Schell. a famous American photographer in Paris. she cannot say no. She will get to live in Paris again! And Kate has not been back to France since she was a lonely nine-year-old girl. sent to the outskirts of Paris to live with cousins ??while her father was dying.Kate may speak fluent French. but she arrives at the Schell household in the fashionable Sixth Arrondissement both dazzled and wildly impressionable. She is immediately engrossed in the creative fever of the city and surrounded by a seductive cast of ch...

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Review:

‘Kate’s lessons are hard-won and often risky – and yet we believe and fully root for her from page one. An affecting and intelligently drawn debut.’ Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife

‘A smart, darkly humorous novel’ WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY

‘French literature scholar Reyl’s first novel is rich and magnetic, a snapshot of one young woman’s life in a city at once ancient and bubbling over with life’ BOOKLIST

‘A bittersweet tale of personal growth and a paean (well deserved!) to Paris. Having lived there, Reyl should light up the City of Light’ LIBRARY JOURNAL

‘Cute’ STAR MAGAZINE

About the Author:

Hilary Reyl has a PhD in French literature from NYU with a focus on the nineteenth century, and has spent several years working and studying in France. She lives in New York City with her family. This is her first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0007446268
• ISBN 13: 9780007446261
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352