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    From a Paris Balcony

    Written by Ella Carey

    Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley

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    About this audiobook

    Heartbroken and alone, Boston art curator Sarah West is grieving the recent deaths of her parents and the end of her marriage. Ultrasensible by nature, she's determined to stay the course to get her life back on track. But fate has something else in mind. While cleaning out her father's closet, she finds a letter from the famous Parisian courtesan Marthe de Florian, dated 1895. The subject? Sarah's great-great-aunt Louisa's death. Legend has it Louisa committed suicide…but this letter implies there's more to that story.

    Determined to learn the truth, Sarah, against her nature, impulsively flies to Paris. There she's drawn into the world of her flatmate, the brilliant artist Laurent Chartier. As she delves deep into the glittering Belle Époque to unravel the mystery, Sarah finds that her aunt's story may offer her exactly what she needs to open up to love again.

    Following Sarah in the present day and Louisa in the 1890s, this moving novel spans more than a century to tell the stories of two remarkable women.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 11, 2016
    ISBN9781531864491
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    • 4/5
      Sarah lives in Boston. Her parents have recently died and her husband - the man she thought was her soul mate - has left her for another woman. While cleaning out her parents house she finds a small green chest concealed at the back of her father’s wardrobe. When she opened the chest, there was only one thing inside: a letter, postmarked 1895, Paris. Determined to find out more about the letter and a distant aunt who committed suicide in Paris, she goes to Paris and rents the apartment that originally belonged to Isbelle deFlorian. The more information she uncovers, the more sure she is that her aunt Louisa was murdered and didn't kill herself. She also finds out that Louisa's husband had a great friendship with the courtesan from book one. Sarah and Louisa were both interesting characters and both were looking for love and understanding in their lives. As with the other two books, this one had mystery, romance and lots of historical detail.
    • 4/5
      The moment this book was recommended to me I was intrigued. The name and the cover caused me to click on the link and when I read the synopsis and review I had to read it. This a dualistic story taking the reader from the past to the present world in very successful chapters. Though two stories it had one objective - to find your own two feet in a world that still dictates us. In Louisa's time, it was even worse. Back in 1895, the world for an openminded woman was harsher, more strict, and when you are in a dukedom you had to learn quickly where your place was. Women back then had no rights and with the women's rights movement still in its diapers, every woman who made a choice to follow knew they would be ostracized. In the present time, we meet Sarah, an ancestor of Louisa during a time of her life where she had to find herself in the maelstrom of life after a divorce. The similarities are real. Both the women's confusion and fight for control real. Both women came to Paris for the answers which they received. But for the one, it ended badly while for the other it meant a new beginning. It is a fast-paced book cloaked in mystery, romance and truth. It is definitely a must-read for all women liking this genre. The only reason it is not 5 stars is all the and's in the book. Otherwise, the flow and ease with which the author has written draw you into the lives of the two main characters and really help you to appreciate what you have.