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Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

Author: Rosecrans Baldwin

Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

$11.99

About This Book

A fresh, exhilarating take on one of the world's most popular topics—Paris, the City of Light!—by an acclaimed novelist Rosecrans Baldwin

A self-described Francophile...

Page Count
304
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On Sale
04/24/2012

Book Details

A fresh, exhilarating take on one of the world's most popular topics—Paris, the City of Light!—by an acclaimed novelist Rosecrans Baldwin

A self-described Francophile since the age of nine, Rosecrans Baldwin had always dreamed of living in France. So when an offer presented itself to work at a Parisian ad agency, he couldn't turn it down—even though he had no experience in advertising, and even though he hardly spoke French.

But the Paris that Rosecrans and his wife, Rachel, arrived in wasn't the romantic city he remembered, and over the next eighteen months, his dogged American optimism was put to the test: at work (where he wrote booklets on breastfeeding), at home (in the hub of a massive construction project), and at every confusing dinner party in between. A hilarious and refreshingly honest look at one of our most beloved cities, Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down is the story of a young man whose preconceptions are usurped by the oddities of a vigorous, nervy metropolis—which is just what he needs to fall in love with Paris a second time.

Imprint Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

ISBN

9781429942737

Reading Guide

In The News

“A charming entry into the expat canon, this book is Baldwin's true story of moving to his favorite city in the world -- favorite to the tune of obsession, mind you -- and realizing it's not quite as he had imagined.” —Emily Temple, Flavorwire

“Baldwin proves that with the right attitude, everything in this perhaps most magically remembered of all cities is either beautiful, hilarious, or both, and his friendly voice and approachable style will grab those who want to be there and those who have never been.” —Annie Bostrom, Booklist

“A charming, hilarious account of la vie Parisienne as experienced by an observant young American . . . his vivid impressions of Paris and its people (expats included) are most engaging. Great fun and surprisingly touching. Great fun and surprisingly touching.” —Kirkus (starred review)

Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down is a charming, hilarious, keenly-observed and surprisingly poignant journey into the Parisian state of mind. I read it late at night and kept waking up my wife because I was laughing out loud.” —Anthony Doerr, author of Memory Wall and Four Seasons in Rome

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Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

$11.99