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Paris: A Love Story; a Memoir
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LENGTH5 hrs and 53 mins
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RELEASE DATE08-14-12
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
This is a memoir for anyone who has ever fallen in love in Paris, or with Paris - and for anyone who has ever had their heart broken or their life upended.
In this remarkably honest memoir, award-winning journalist and distinguished author Kati Marton presents an impassioned and romantic story of love, loss, and life after loss. Paris is at the heart of this deeply moving account. At every stage of her life, Paris offers Marton beauty and excitement, and now, after the sudden death of her husband, Richard Holbrooke, it offers a chance for a fresh beginning.
With intimate and nuanced portraits of Peter Jennings, the man to whom she was married for 15 years and with whom she had two children, and Richard, with whom she found enduring love, Marton paints a vivid account of an adventuresome life in the stream of history. Inspirational and deeply human, Paris: A Love Story will touch every generation.
Kati Marton is the author of several books, including Enemies of the People, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and the subject of an upcoming motion picture, and the New York Times best seller Hidden Power, among others. She is an award-winning former correspondent for NPR and ABC News. She lives in New York City.
©2012 Kati Marton (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
What the Critics Say
"A great read - the lightness of love, the drama of war and sudden death - with Paris in the background." (Diane von Furstenberg)
"I stayed up last night and read this book cover to cover. I can’t remember the last time I did that. It is wonderful - touching, romantic, and honest - and oh, how it made me want to go to Paris!" (Barbara Walters)
"Kati Marton has written movingly about her love, loss, and the healing power of an elegant city. She takes readers on a journey, as she writes, to find a place where there is joy in remembered joy." (Diane Sawyer)
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"MLF: Must Love French"
This book contains so many French proper names whose pronunciations are so attenuated and exaggerated it was difficult for me not to become annoyed. Writers must just adore writing and saying to themselves the district designation "arrondissement" because it's always specified whenever a Parisian address is required. And the word is equally loved by the narrators, and this narrator in particular enjoyed her own spoken French just a little too much for my taste.
Whatever, it's a good story, a bit shallow and a little heavy on the name-dropping and on the politics, but it has some good things to say about love and family. And there is a very bad example of a dysfunctional love affair, in which our heroine nearly loses the prestigious job she's worked so hard for. How this woman walked away from one guy and one marriage into the next guy (and the next marriage) who happened to be driving by in an armored car is unbelievable.
I am also just not into having that perfect person around me at all times to fill in all the empty spaces and make repairs when I need fixing. It's not about having someone else to make someone feel fulfilled.
Anyway, I prefer when listening to spoken English, to hear foreign words pronounced without accents. Anything else just sounds phony and pretentious.
This book was OK for an afternoon, fine as far as it went, but it could have been so much more.10 of 13 people found this review helpful -
"Self serving"
A very self serving and self centered view of the author. The good parts are only that deal with Mr Richard Holbrooke. Only read for that and his determination and courage.
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"Non Fiction with the feel of a good Novel....."
I loved this Memoir. It is so well done. This writer has be ability to write non-fiction with interest of a novel. What a life you have had. Thank you for sharing this with us...K. Mazur is a fabulous narrator.
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"Swept me away"
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?Takes you to Paris, the city of love. The mix of history and personal reflection is perfect.
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"How Paris helped her grieve."
Any additional comments?The author writes about her long-standing love affair with Paris and how Paris helped her heal after the death of her husband. I could really relate to the widowhood aspect of the book and I so want to visit Paris someday myself. I would be nice to have the money to buy myself a little apartment in Paris and relocate there but, alas, that doesn't seem to be in the cards. Enjoyed the book, in spite of the name-dropping.
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"What a life! And great narration!"
Any additional comments?Kathe Mazur has a great voice to listen to, and Kati Marton is such an elegant and intelligent woman. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
0 of 1 people found this review helpful