Paris Postcards
The unique sights, smells and sounds of the famous city are the luminous backdrop to these eleven tales, whose colourful characters are lured to seek their destiny in the City of Light and Love. In a sweeping time-span from the bohemian 1920's and 30’s, through the traumatic war years, the new dawn of the 1950’s and 60’s, right up to current day; these are stories of yearning and longing where hopes and dreams are kindled by the powerful mystique of Paris. And within each story is a simple postcard which may have dramatic consequences.
WAITING
A young waiter leaves the French countryside in search of fame and fortune.
THE BOUQUINISTES
A single woman leaves her home country behind in a last chance search for meaning and love.
RESISTANCE
In German-occupied Paris an officer is lodged in the house of a defiant young Frenchwoman.
THE WHIP HAND
The extravagance and glamour of café society masks the fate of a Texan heiress.
THE CHEMISTRY OF LOVE
A scientist has his carefully measured world turned on its head by a chance meeting in Paris.
THE CONCIERGE
In a once grand Parisian house the concierge finds her memories unexpectedly brought to life.
COUNT STANNY
After the Great War a disillusioned veteran enters the extraordinary world of Russian émigrés.
LES ANNEES FOLLES
In 1960's France a world-weary entrepreneur has a revelation at the bedside of his dying mother.
THE BREATH OF PARIS
A naive Chinese girl is alone in the city, abandoning her guardians to pursue her childhood sweetheart.
THE BLUE DRESS
An elderly couple return to their beloved Paris, but things will never be the same again.
RUSSIAN DOLL
Caught up in a dangerous infatuation a popular poet gets into deep water.
HOW TO ORDER
Paris Postcards is available on Amazon, in paperback or as a Kindle edition.
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