Ellen Sussman
Ellen Sussman is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, A WEDDING IN PROVENCE, THE PARADISE GUEST HOUSE, FRENCH LESSONS, and ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS. She is the editor of two critically acclaimed anthologies, BAD GIRLS: 26 WRITERS MISBEHAVE and DIRTY WORDS: A LITERARY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF...
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Ellen Sussman is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, A WEDDING IN PROVENCE, THE PARADISE GUEST HOUSE, FRENCH LESSONS, and ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS. She is the editor of two critically acclaimed anthologies, BAD GIRLS: 26 WRITERS MISBEHAVE and DIRTY WORDS: A LITERARY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SEX. She teaches through Stanford Continuing Studies and in private classes. www.ellensussman.com
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Character studies of 3 French tutors and their American students. Nico wants to save Josie. Phillippe wants to bed Riley. Chantal isn't sure what she wants. I liked these stories. All of them take place on one day when a film is being filmed in Paris and each story ends with the filming. None of the...
A Wedding in Provence. Good title for a book. Alluring and memorable. That was my first thought about this book. Then there was the cover. I see that cover and I want to read that story.With that cover and title, I had high hopes for this book. I expected a romantic almost fairy tale like wedding st...
Going into this book, I knew that it would be a wedding type book. I knew that it would be set in a beautiful part of France. I knew there would be some drama. I got all of that plus more. I thought that it would be focused on the wedding and less on the character development or the scenery, but I w...
Over the course of one beautiful Parisian day three Americans will each spend the day with a private French tutor. Each is trying to get away from something--an event, an intolerable situation, a rut--and each is trying to make their way to something better. Josie, a high school French teacher, is ...
"The Paradise Guest House" by Ellen Sussman was an okay read.I have been to Bali before and I was interested on Sussman's take on an American woman who survived the Bali nightclub bombings in 2002.The story revolves around two people. Jamie, an American adventure guide, and Gabe, an American ex-pat ...