{"product_id":"well-always-have-paris-9781447285809","title":"Well Always Have Paris","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a bored, moody teenager, Emma Beddington came across a copy of French \u003ci\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e in the library of  her austere Yorkshire school. As she turned the pages, full of philosophy, sex and lipstick, she realized that her life had one purpose and one purpose only: she needed to \u003ci\u003ebe \u003c\/i\u003eFrench.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstead of skulking in her bedroom listening to The Smiths or trudging to Betty's Tea Room to buy fondant fancies, she would be free and solitary, sitting outside the Café de Flore with a Scottie dog at her feet, a Moleskine on the table and a Gauloise trembling on her lower lip.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so she set about becoming French: she did a French exchange, albeit in Casablanca; she studied French history at university, and spent the holidays in France with her French boyfriend. Eventually, after a family tragedy, she found herself living in Paris, with the same French boyfriend and two half-French children. Her dream had come true, but how would reality match up? Gradually Emma re\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTender, funny, sad, and brutally honest, I devoured this book like I would have eaten Parisian patisserie. I loved every page (as did my husband!) -- JoJo Moyes\u003cbr\u003eI totally loved this gorgeous, funny, honest, adorable book: \u003ci\u003eformidable\u003c\/i\u003e. -- Jenny Colgan\u003cbr\u003eSearingly funny, searingly honest, searingly good cake. -- Sarah Franklin, Costa Prize judge and director of \u003ci\u003eShort Stories Aloud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI loved \u003ci\u003eWe'll Always Have Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. Love, grief \u0026amp; cake.  Often sad and hellishly funny. -- Lissa Evans, author of \u003ci\u003eA Crooked Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharged with love, longing and lots of cake, Emma Beddington's warm and witty memoir of her romance with the City of Light is a treat for anyone whose Parisian dreams encompass café crème at Les Deux Magots, macaroons at Ladurée ... and instinctively recognising the gender of a \u003ci\u003elave-vaisselle\u003c\/i\u003e. -- Kathryn Flett\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe'll Always have Paris\u003c\/i\u003e is a joy.  So much resonated as I read it in a café wearing my Breton t-shirt. -- Cathy Rentzenbrink\u003cbr\u003eExtremely funny, emotionally acute and often very moving. Writing about yourself and your life without giving in to navel gazing or self- interest is a rare trick and one Emma Beddington pulls off with aplomb; instead she turns her sideways gaze on the world and its absurdities with a wink and a wry smile. \u003ci\u003eWe'll Always Have Paris\u003c\/i\u003e has all this, but in addition a big dose of genuine warmth and wisdom. -- Jess Ruston\u003cbr\u003e'I loved Emma Beddington's funny, poignant memoir, which made me laugh - and cry. -- Nina Stibbe\u003cbr\u003eA sumptuous ode to Gallic philosophy, patisserie and \u003ci\u003ejoie de vivre\u003c\/i\u003e, and also a poignant account of relationships, loss and identity. -- Zahra Saeed * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eEmma writes frankly and with self-deprecating humour about depression, motherhood, her Paris dreams and their soul-crushing reality, and cake. There's so much cake in this delightful, thoughtful book. -- Sarra Manning * Red *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408479953239,"sku":"9781447285809","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447285809.jpg?v=1730503053","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/well-always-have-paris-9781447285809","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}