The Light Of Paris (Eleanor Baker)
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Eleanor Baker
Large Paperback
Name on the front page
Madeleine is trappedby her family's expectations, by her controlling husband, and by her own fearsin an unhappy marriage and a life she never wanted. From the outside, it looks like she has everything, but on the inside, she fears she has nothing that matters.
In Madeleines memories, her grandmother Margie is the kind of woman she should have beenelegant, reserved, perfect. But when Madeleine finds a diary detailing Margies bold, romantic trip to Jazz Age Paris, she meets the grandmother she never knew: a dreamer who defied her strict, staid family and spent an exhilarating summer writing in cafs, living on her own, and falling for a charismatic artist.
Despite her unhappiness, when Madeleines marriage is threatened, she panics, escaping to her hometown and staying with her critical, disapproving mother. In that unlikely place, shaken by the revelation of mothers bravery, Madeleine creates her own Parisian summerreconnecting to her love of painting, cultivating a vibrant circle of creative friends, and finding a kindred spirit in a down-to-earth chef who reminds her to feed both her body and her heart.
Margie and Madeleines stories intertwine to explore the joys and risks of living life on our own terms, of defying the rules that hold us back from our dreams, and of becoming the people we are meant to be
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