n  2009, New York Times bestselling author
Eloisa James took a leap that many people dream
about: she sold her house, took a sabbatical from
her job as a Shakespeare professor, and moved her
family to Paris. Paris in Love: A Memoir chronicles
her joyful year in one of the most beautiful cities in
the world.

With no classes to teach, no committee meetings to attend,
no lawn to mow or cars to park, Eloisa revels in the ordinary
pleasures of life—discovering corner museums that tourists overlook, chronicling Frenchwomen's sartorial triumphs, walking from one end of Paris to another. She copes with her Italian husband's notions of quality time, her two hilarious children, ages eleven and fifteen, as they navigate schools—not to mention puberty—in a foreign language, and her mother-in-law Marina's raised eyebrow in the kitchen (even as Marina overfeeds Milo, the family dog).

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Paris in Love invites the reader into the life of a most enchanting family, framed by La Ville de l'Amour, and following them through Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring. Please enjoy an excerpt online.

Paris in Love is divided between charming, small snippets as shown in A Parisian Spring, A Parisian Fall and A Parisian Winter, and longer essays about everything from French fashion to French food (with a recipe or two!). Do check back and we'll put up an excerpt from A Parisian Summer... add your email below and we'll send you a newsletter telling you when a new excerpt goes up!