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We'll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Memoir (2014)

by Jennifer Coburn(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1402288638 (ISBN13: 9781402288630)

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English

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Memoir & Autobiography

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review 1: Oh how I loved this memoir. It starts out charming and fun and witty (Mother and 8 year old daughter take a trip to Paris) but soon you realize how much deeper this goes. Excellent rumination on being both a parent and someone else's daughter, and how that all intertwines. Vivid descriptions of their travels (not just Paris) and tremendous character development. Heartbreaking, hilarious, and everything in between. So much depth here, while still being an easy read. The author should be proud of her daughter, who seems one of the kindest, wisest young women out there. Wonderful devour-in-one-sitting read. Kind of makes me think my next trip will include just my girls, and not the husband. ;) A really touching read.
review 2: 'Why are you laughing?' my daughter a... moresked the other day as I was enjoying another hilarious moment in Jennifer Coburn's romp with her daughter through the capitals of Europe. And it's true -- there are many uproarious episodes throughout their journey. But don't go thinking this book is fluff. One might easily imagine from the cover that this is a chick-lit travelogue, but one would be wrong. Although the co-star of the story is Jennifer's irrepressible daughter Katie, the book is in fact a serious meditation about her father, Shelly Coburn, who died at the age of 43. Jennifer uses her own fear of dying young as the pretext for taking her daughter on a series of trips to Europe -- to leave her with some unforgettable memories. And they do have fun. As a longtime resident of Paris, I was worried that the book, like so many others, would contain wince-out-loud errors about the city. But it didn't. Charming, insightful and ironic about the odd ways of the locals, not just in Paris but also London, Rome, Florence, Salerno, Venice, Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Granada, and the so-called Dali triangle, it captured my imagination throughout. And yet, and yet. Two people not on the trip were constantly in the background -- Jennifer's steadfast husband, William, and her father. Yes, her mother's there too, but it's her wistful memories of her dad, and her thoughts about the meaning of our short time here on earth, that boost this book from fun to fundamental. Deeply moving. less

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