title: Paris in Love: A Memoir
author:  Eloisa James 
description: In this delightful charm-bracelet of a memoir, [Eloisa James shares] her adventures as an American suddenly immersed in all things Frenchfood, clothes, joie de vivre.<b><i>People<br /></i></b><br />Exhilarating and enchanting . . . brims with a casual wisdom about life.<b><i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br /> <br /> Enchanting . . . gives the reader a sense of being immersed along with James in Paris for a year . . . you see the rain, taste the food, observe the people.<b><i>USA Today</i></b><br /> <br /> This delectable confection, which includes recipes, is more than a visit to a glorious city: it is also a tour of a family, a marriage, and a love that has no borders. <i>Trs magnifique!</i><b><i>Library Journal</i> (starred review)</b><br /> <br /> A charming, funny and poignant memoir . . . steeped in Paris and suffused with love.<b><i>Star Tribune</i></b><br /> <i></i><br /> Charming . . . a romancefor a city, a life, a family, and love itself.<b><i>The Huffington Post</i></b><br /> <i></i><br /> What a beautiful and delightful tasting menu of a book: the kids, the plump little dog, the Italian husband. Reading this memoir was like wandering through a Parisian patisserie in a dream. I absolutely loved it.<b>Elizabeth Gilbert, author of <i>Eat, Pray, Love</i></b>
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  > Because everyone deserves a great love story
  
  > —C. C.
  
  > To love, the grandest adventure
  
  > —W. C.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great
  > mistake.
  
  > —Arthur Schopenhauer
  
  > Now I see the mystery of your loneliness.
  
  > —William Shakespeare
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PART I
  
  City of Love
  
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  You can’t escape the past in Paris.
  
  —Allen Ginsberg
  