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I'll See You in Paris by Michelle Gable

I'll See You in Paris

by Michelle Gable

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  • Feb 2016, 400 pages
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Maggie P. (Mount Airy, MD)

A Trip in Time
This book came at the perfect time. It grabbed me from the beginning and kept me going until the final page. I was embroiled in the mystery of who Mrs. Spencer might actually have been. I was intrigued by who Pru might turn out to be, (I was right!) and how Gus fit into the picture. And then there was Annie's tie to the Grange. I loved the intrigue and the romance. I found this book to be a compulsive page turner and was sad when I had to bid the inhabitants a farewell. I'll See You in Paris was a delightfully enjoyable trip through the 1920s, '30s, and '60s, as well as the present. I've already purchasedmore
Elaine S. (Boynton Beach, FL)

I'll See You in Paris
A very entertaining read, with laugh-out-loud moments and others of sorrow and loss. The setting is Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, where Annie and her mother, Lauren, are to stay while Lauren conducts some mysterious business. Annie, left to her own devices, discovers that the later years of Gladys Spenser-Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough, were spent at the Grange, a decrepit old manse located in Banbury. Annie, intrigued, begins to investigate, even breaking into the Grange, and is shocked by what she discovers concerning her own mother's earlier years. The story takes the reader into a book-within-the-more
Gail L. (Dallas, TX)

Enjoyable, satisfying book
I loved reading this book! The author's writing style is outstanding....both literary and approachable. The characters are well developed and likable and the story is interesting and complex. Set mostly in both 1972 and 2001, the story is historical and contemporary.

It involves wars, romance, and love: between mother and daughter, elderly and young. Love of literature and art also play a role as well as love for the city of Paris.

I highly recommend this book!
Deborah P. (Dunnellon, FL)

I'll See You In Paris
Wow! In this reader's opinion Gable's second novel deserves a strong 5 rating. The author loosely based the story on a real person she discovered while doing research for her first novel. The story develops thru alternating narrative of a mother and daughter. Gable skillfully has the main characters divulge a story that unfolds in present day Paris but has it's roots in Paris of yesteryear. The Author moves the novel along with to the point narrative and short chapters which kept me reading long into the night. In my opinion Ms. Gabel has created a unique storyline. interesting characters and unexpected plotmore
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Susan R. (Julian, NC)

I'll See You in Paris
I will start off this review where I usually end my reviews -- this is a great book and you need to read it! The author does a fantastic job with her main characters and with a story line that keeps you guessing until the very end. I thought that I had it figured out about 3/4 of the way through but I was way off. Its a page turner that is part mystery, part love story with some laughs in between.

The main characters are Annie, a recent college graduate, just engaged to Eric who is deployed to the Middle East and doesn't seem to know quite what to do with her life; her Mom Laurel, a very straight laced lawyermore
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What was the intrigue and what was the secret about the book Annie always wanted to read but never did?

Why was her mother so evasive about that book?, The Missing Duchess,? and who was the Duchess of Marlborough?

Why did she and her mother really go to London?

Would the book and their trip to London reveal secrets in Annie's life?

?We follow Annie in present day and Pru, Win, and The Duchess (Mrs. Spencer) in the not so distant past.

Annie meets a British citizen who knew The Duchess, Pru?, and Win. Pru is the caregiver for the feisty Duchess. Win is the author who wrote the book about The Duchess who claims shemore
Patricia W. (Richmond, VA)

Historical fiction with a twist
Finding the truth about Gladys Spencer-Churchill is the premise of the book and that section begins in the early 1970s. The parallel part is finding the 1970s research in the early 2000s by Annie and we are off on a dual discovery trek. The book was well researched and the second half was difficult to put down. The first section was a bit confusing as characters and timelines were sorted. Hopefully readers will persevere through the early parts and will enjoy a compelling story about an eccentric woman and the fictional people who researched her life. Perfect for Anglophiles, historical fiction readers and book clubs.
Betty B. (Irving, TX)

Larger-Than-Life Duchess' Story
Annie, young, newly engaged, unemployed discovers an old biography of Gladys Spencer-Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough among her mother's things as they pack to travel to England. Annie becomes fascinated with the larger-than-life Duchess' story, and in the small English village where she and her mother stay, she discovers that there may be a link to her mother and answers to her lifelong quest to find out who her father was. The story of these three women, born generations apart, makes for an interesting read. I not only enjoyed reading I'll See You in Paris, I finished wanting to know more about the realmore
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