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Ooh la la. My Paris Dream by Kate Betts

Posted on February 25, 2015 by splendidsummer

Ooh la la. My Paris Dream by Kate Betts is the best Paris memoir since Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. This isn’t one of the detached collections of vignettes about going to the market or Luxembourg Gardens that limply passes as … Continue reading →

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Best Audiobooks of 2013 Blog Hop & Giveaway: January 1-15

Posted on December 31, 2013 by splendidsummer

Hotlistens.com is hosting a best Audiobooks of 2013 blog hop with the awesome grand prize of a six month membership to audible.com Visit hotlistens.com for a chance to win the grand prize, read reviews, and find links to other blogs … Continue reading →

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Hemingway’s Cat is Missing — The Paris Wife

Posted on July 5, 2011 by splendidsummer

 Hemingway’s Cat is missing.    I felt drawn to The Paris Wife, Paula McLain’s novel written from the perspective of Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley, because A Moveable Feast, Hemingway’s own memoir of Roaring Twenties Paris,  has passages that remain indelible to me today … Continue reading →

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