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Segredos De Paris (2012)

by Luanne Rice(Favorite Author)

3.17 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Quinta Essência

review 1: Lydie and Michael move to Paris, he as an architect and she as a photographer. They left behind an extremely emotional situation with Lydie's family and both hope this move with help them heal and move on in life.I love settings in Paris; many times I am on my iPad looking up places mentioned in the book and printing out info to put in my Paris folder for my return trip someday. I enjoyed the emotional trip for both the main characters but I didn't fully enjoy the secondary characters of Patrice and Kelly. Some of the situations were pretty implausible: you don't lie to the US INS if you want to emigrate. I had to keep reminding myself that the story was written in 1991 so there was no internet, cell phone, and digital camera. All in all, it was a nice read and I loo... morek forward to reading more by this author.
review 2: I'm fairly sure that this is the first book I've read by Luanne Rice and I really enjoyed it. Her descriptions of Paris are picture perfect, taking me back to my only visit there in 1995. When I realized the story was about a husband's infidelity, I didn't think I would like this book at all, but I was wrong. Rice tells the story from both the husband's and wife's perspectives, so you can see how something like that could happen. The part I thought was less plausible was the friendship between Lydie, her new friend Patrice, and Patrice's maid Kelly. The two women in their very different social spheres rather quickly become Lydie's BFFs, which just didn't ring true for me. But I'd happily read more of Rice's detailed descriptions and lyrical prose!Favorite quote:Lydie set great stock in longetivity. She believed that the person you loved longest you loved most. Birthdays and anniversaries overjoyed her; they represented the accumulation of affections. less

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