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Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down - Rosecrans Baldwin
Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down
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“A Judd Apatow film in the waiting...Very, very funny.”—John Freeman, The Boston GlobeA self-described Francophile since the age of nine, Rosecrans Baldwin had always dreamed of living in Paris. So when an offer presented itself to work at a Parisian ad agency, he couldn’t turn it down—even... show more
“A Judd Apatow film in the waiting...Very, very funny.”—John Freeman, The Boston GlobeA self-described Francophile since the age of nine, Rosecrans Baldwin had always dreamed of living in Paris. So when an offer presented itself to work at a Parisian ad agency, he couldn’t turn it down—even though he had no experience in advertising, and even though he hardly spoke French.But the Paris that Rosecrans and his wife, Rachel, arrived in wasn’t the romantic city he remembered, and over the next eighteen months, his dogged American optimism was put to the test: at work (where he wrote booklets on breastfeeding), at home (in the hub of a massive construction project), and at every confusing dinner party in between. A hilarious and refreshingly honest look at one of our most beloved cities, Paris, I Love You is the story of a young man whose preconceptions are usurped by the oddities of a vigorous, nervy metropolis—which is just what he needs to fall in love with Paris a second time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781250033352 (1250033357)
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
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Kwoomac
Kwoomac rated it
How can I be bored by a book about paris? I guess it's because it's mostly about this (annoying) guy talking about being the new guy at his job and the whole paris part of it is incidental. I gave up after 75 pp.
debnance
debnance rated it
4.0 Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down
Rosencrans Baldwin has loved Paris since he was a little boy and when he is given an opportunity to move to Paris and work there, he is jubilant. Reality of life in Paris sets in quickly, unfortunately, and he finds he doesn’t know as much French as he thought he did, his apartment is a loud constru...
mtw1tter
mtw1tter rated it
3.0 Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down
It's a delightful read but you have to ignore that "fish out of water" thought of having an Englishman in Paris - once you pass that hurdle, the writing/reading flows.
the terror of whatever
the terror of whatever rated it
4.0
Crans and his wife move to Paris, they love it but it's also kind of difficult. But not TOO difficult because, you know, Paris. Really fun read. Crans's writing is loose and breezy but also deft, targeted. Full of memorably gorgeous scenes and moments. He manages to make delight swing on the page, w...
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