A Paris Apartment : A Novel (Hardcover)

from cathyskye

I'd been following news articles about an apartment in Paris that had been discovered only after the rent stopped being paid. When the doors to the residence were opened, it was learned that these rooms had been untouched for seventy years-- and were a veritable treasure trove of antiques and eph...

from herschelian

This book was chosen for our next read by one of the Beijing Bookclub. I enjoyed reading about the life of a Demimondaine in Paris during the Belle Epoque, and about Victor Hugo's family and about the artist Giovanni Boldini. The book was obviously influenced by the discovery in 2010 of the apart...

from debann6354

Enjoyed the novel's different timelines, especially the historical one. April's story, current timeline, was not all that interesting, felt like I've read that story so many times. I wish April had been a stronger person. Book did keep my interest thru to end but frankly was glad when I reached t...

from ChristineEllei

The true story ...In 1942, just before the onset of WWII, Madame De Florian closed and locked the door to her apartment in Paris and fled to the south of France. Although all expenses and upkeep were paid, the apartment was never rented and Madame De Florian never returned to it. Almost seventy y...

from seeword

I received a free copy of the finished book through a blog win at France Book Tours Often when I read these two story line novels, especially ones containing a story from the past entwined with a contemporary story, I find one story gets in the way of the other and I get confused in the muddle. I...