by Hilary Reyl
It’s 1989, the Berlin Wall is about to come down, and young ingenue Katie has been offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as an assistant to a famous photographer in Paris. Drama and hi-jinks ensue. The thing about asshole characters is that, in order for me to care about them and want to know wha...
Working with a famous photojournalist in Paris seems the perfect first job for Yale graduate Katherine. With no expectations, how can she be disappointed, unless it's in herself! Read my revised review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/05/30/less-than-picture-perfect/
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/03/lessons-in-french.htmlLessons in French is a coming of age story. Kate is a young college graduate, who comes to Paris based on a job offer for photographer Lydia Schell. Once in Paris, she is caught up in the life of ...
In 1989 as the Berlin wall is about to fall and Salmon Rushdie's life has just been upended by a fatwa, Kate, a recent Yale graduate, is in Paris working as the personal assistant for a talented but self-centered photographer who is trying to capture the shifting zeitgeist on film. Lessons in French...
Kate has the opportunity of a lifetime in her role as the assistant to a famous photographer. Not only will she be living with the Schell family, meeting their famous circle of friends, but she will have the opportunity to work on improving her art in a city that caters to untried artists around the...
If you throw Paris or France in a title, you can know that I will probably seek this book out and give it a read. And I will probably like it, no matter how badly written it is. I just like reading about Paris. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that I found this book. And it shouldn’t be a surprise that...
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