We'll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Adventure: A Mother/Daughter Memoir - Softcover

Jennifer Coburn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402288638 ISBN 13: 9781402288630

Publisher: Sourcebooks, 2014

Synopsis

Jennifer Coburn has always been terrified of dying young. Her father passed away from lung cancer when she was 19, and ever since she s been looking in the rear-view mirror for the grim reaper. It s the reason she doesn t bother fixing her rotting bathroom floor, or her outdated kitchen, putting the money in a vacation kitty instead. It s the reason she drops everything each summer to travel with her daughter Katie. Their travels began in Paris when Katie was 8, and will conclude in Paris in 2013, when Katie is 16, after they have worked their way through more than a dozen European cities in 3 and 4 week trips (including Paris, London, Rome, Salerno, Florence, Venice, Madrid, Seville, Granada, Barcelona, and Amsterdam). Whether they are sleeping at Shakespeare and Company booksellers in Paris, singing Korean folk songs at the Alhambra, playing charades with the locals in Pompeii, or visiting the Salvador Dali Triangle in Spain, this is the story of how one mother let go of the fear of death -- and how her daughter taught her to enjoy life.

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Review:

"Jennifer Coburn's We'll Always Have Paris takes us on two journeys. One is a tres entertaining mother/daughter travel tale in which Coburn brings their evolving relationship, and Europe, to life with such vibrance, humor and insight, it made us want to pack our bags and hit the road again tomorrow. She also takes us on an internal journey chronicling her deep love and longing for the adored hippie/musician father she lost to cancer as a teen. In passages powerful, tender and funny - often in one sentence - Coburn proves as adept at describing the terrain of the human heart as she is the gardens of Alcazar or the streets of Paris." - --Claire and Mia Fontaine, authors of the bestselling Comeback and Have Mother, Will Travel

We ll Always Have Paris is simply brimming with joie de vivre! From the very moment I embarked on Jennifer Coburn s delicious Paris memoir, I wanted to travel back in time to when my own daughter was eight years old, take her by the hand, and bring her to Paris for the adventure of a lifetime. Well, until I have a granddaughter, I have the next best thing--Jennifer Coburn s gorgeous story of love, family and the ties that bind. I am recommending this to all my friends and family and especially to my own daughter. It s simply fantastique! --Jamie Cat Callan, author of Ooh La La! French Women's Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day

I'm profoundly in love with Jennifer Coburn's memoir We'll Always Have Paris! From Coburn's picture-perfect travelogue to her hilarious observations, she's woven together a powerful narrative with a heartfelt and thoughtful examination of what truly makes a family. I was enthralled from the very first page and I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I want to read this again, tell all my friends about it... and then renew my passport." --Jen Lancaster, NYT bestselling author of Bitter is the New Black, The Tao of Martha, and Here I Go Again

About the Author:

JENNIFER COBURN is the author of 4 contemporary women s fiction novels and has contributed to four literary anthologies, one a USA Today best-seller. She is a tireless marketer and promoter of her books, and director of Communications and Marketing at Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1402288638
• ISBN 13: 9781402288630
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400