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Sussman, Ellen, 1954-
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Americans -- France -- Fiction.
French language -- Study and teaching -- Fiction.
Tutors and tutoring -- Fiction.
Self-realization -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
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Sussman, Ellen, 1954-
Americans -- France -- Fiction.
French language -- Study and teaching -- Fiction.
Tutors and tutoring -- Fiction.
Self-realization -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
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French
lessons : a novel / Ellen Sussman.
by
Sussman, Ellen, 1954-
Ballantine Books, c2011.
Call #:
FICTION
SUS
Subjects
Americans
--
France
--
Fiction
.
French
language
--
Study
and
teaching
--
Fiction
.
Tutors and tutoring
--
Fiction
.
Self-realization
--
Fiction
.
Paris (France)
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780345522771 (trade pbk.)
034552277X (trade pbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
242 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
"A single day in Paris changes the lives of three Americans as they each set off to explore the city, each with a different
French
tutor, learning about
language
, love, and loss as their lives intersect in surprising ways. Josie, Riley, and Jeremy have come to the City of Light for different reasons: Josie, a young high school teacher, arrives in hopes of healing a broken heart. Riley, a spirited but lonely expat housewife, struggles to feel connected to her husband and her new country. And Jeremy, the reserved husband of a renowned actress, is accompanying his wife on a film shoot, yet he feels distant from her world. As they meet with their tutors
--
Josie with Nico, a sensitive poet; Riley with Phillippe, a shameless flirt; and Jeremy with the consummately beautiful Chantal
--
each succumbs to unexpected passion and unpredictable adventures. Yet as they traverse Paris's grand boulevards and intimate, winding streets, they uncover surprising secrets about one another
--
and come to understand long-buried truths about themselves."--Inside front cover.
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