Comments on Lunch in Paris: A Long Life

Are we going to see another book? ...please please...

2011-04-19T15:28:24.248-07:00

Are we going to see another book? ...please please please! I am finished your book and re-read it too and I need another fix!
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I just finished Lunch in Paris and am delighted to...

2011-04-10T14:40:40.101-07:00

I just finished Lunch in Paris and am delighted to be able to learn a little more about your new house here. Your book was delightful, the recipes are inspirational - fresh, simple, encouraging even the timid cook to give it a try. I had to review it right away so I could pass it along to my daughter-in-law who taught English in a small French village for one year.

Thank you for this beautifully told story. It is v...

2011-04-09T09:31:53.602-07:00

Thank you for this beautifully told story. It is very moving and poignant to hear your words portray a very vivid moment of history. A moment that could have had a very different outcome. If those soldiers weren't only too human and had not abandoned their search....well that is only one point. Moreover, the outcomes of our choices, our miraculous lived moments, the chances we take, and the split second turn of events make this journey, (each one's journey in life), endlessly fascinating and precious. Thank you, and, Keep inspiring the good life! (the photos enhance the experience) Beautiful rose!

I've always loved old buildings and places bec...

2011-04-06T05:11:24.715-07:00

I've always loved old buildings and places because of their history. You'll never know what happened exactly, however you do make ideas of what might have.
Here in Europe every family has its own story when talking about world war one and two. I remember visiting my grandparents and always asking them to tell me stories about what happened. So intriguing.
How wonderful you made some kind of memoir of her garden, a great symbol because a garden sort of has its own life and tells so much about the age of the place you live in.

It is ironic how history becomes intertwined in ou...

2011-04-05T09:00:25.179-07:00

It is ironic how history becomes intertwined in our lives. With the garden, you will always have a precious memory of Marcelle.

When I reviewed you book, Lunch in Paris, I was fascinated by the backgrounder you provided to finding your house.
When I researched for a Master's degree in History, part of the studies involved writing a paper on Marc Bloch, a French historian who co-founded the Annales school of thought. He was also a member of the Resistance, was imprisoned and executed by the Nazis when they invaded France. He wrote Strange Defeat.
Learning about Char was an irony to me.