Paris Was Ours by Penelope Rowlands - ISBN: 9781565129535
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Describes how the authors were seduced by Paris and then began to see things differently. They came to write, to cook, to find love, to study, to raise children, to escape, or to live the way it’s done in French movies; they came from the United States, Canada, and England; from Iran, Iraq, and Cuba…

Paris Was Ours

Thirty-Two Writers Reflect on the City of Light

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    288 pages

  • Release Date

    8 February 2011

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Summary

Thirty-two writers share their observations and revelations about the world’s most seductive city. “Whether you have lived in Paris or not, this captivating collection will transport you there.” National Geographic Traveler Paris is the world capital of memory and desire, concludes one of the writers in this intimate and insightful collection of memoirs of the city. Living in Paris changed these writers forever. In thirty-two personal essays more than half of which are here published for th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781565129535
ISBN-10:1565129539
Author:Penelope Rowlands
Publisher:Workman Publishing
Imprint:Algonquin Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:8 February 2011
Weight:240g
Dimensions:210mm x 138mm x 20mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Whether you have lived in Paris or not, this captivating collection will transport you there.” –National Geographic Traveler

“A lively show-and-tell about the city’s legendary Latin lovers, celebrated cuisine, fashion worship, and its rarely heard from (or about) homeless citizens.” –Elle
National Geographic Traveler
“Whether you have lived in Paris or not, this captivating collection will transport you there.” –National Geographic Traveler

About The Author

Penelope Rowlands

PENELOPE ROWLANDS has written about culture and the arts for Architectural Digest, the Daily Beast, Vogue, WSJ. Magazine, and other publications. Her books include the anthology Paris Was Ours and A Dash of Daring: Carmel Snow and Her Life in Fashion, Art, and Letters, a biography of the legendary editor-in-chief of Harper s Bazaar. Find her at

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