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Conley, Susan, 1967-
Subjects
Women teachers -- Fiction.
Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction.
Americans -- France -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- France -- Fiction.
Lawyers -- France -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Conley, Susan, 1967-
Women teachers -- Fiction.
Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction.
Americans -- France -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- France -- Fiction.
Lawyers -- France -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Paris was the place / Susan Conley.
by
Conley, Susan, 1967-
Alfred A. Knopf, c2013.
Call #:
FICTION
CON
Subjects
Women teachers
--
Fiction
.
Teacher-student relationships
--
Fiction
.
Americans
--
France
--
Fiction
.
Immigrants
--
France
--
Fiction
.
Lawyers
--
France
--
Fiction
.
Families
--
Fiction
.
Friendship
--
Fiction
.
Paris (
France
)
--
Social conditions
--
20th century
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780307594075
0307594076
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
353 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary:
"A novel that gives us a luminous emotional portrait of a young woman living abroad in Paris in the 1980s and trying to make sense of the chaotic world around her as she learns the true meaning of family. When Willie Pears agrees to teach at a Parisian center for immigrant girls who have requested French asylum, she has no idea it will utterly change her life. She has lived in Paris for six months, surrounded by the most important people in her life: her beloved brother, Luke, her funny and wise college roommate, Sara, and Sara's do-gooder husband, Rajiv. And now there is Macon Ventri, a passionate, dedicated attorney for the detained girls. Theirs is a meeting of both hearts and minds--but not without its problems. As Willie becomes more involved with the immigrant girls who touch her soul, the lines between teaching and mothering are blurred. She is especially drawn to Gita, a young Indian girl who is determined to be free. Ultimately Willie will make a decision with potentially dire consequences to both her relationship with Macon and the future of the center. Meanwhile, Luke is taken with a serious, as-yet-unnamed illness, and Willie will come to understand the power of unconditional love while facing the dark days of his death. Conley has written a piercing, deeply humane novel that explores the connections between family and friends and reaffirms the strength of the ties that bind. "--Publisher.
Genre:
Psychological
fiction
.
Love stories.
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