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Key Largo Pub
September 2001
505 pages
ISBN: 0970529104
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Romance Contemporary
Some novels contain a chapter about Mardi Gras, always set
in the French Quarter. In Return to Mardi Gras half of the
novel is set at Mardi Gras, and not only describes Mardi
Gras in the French Quarter, but also describes how Mardi
Gras is celebrated across New Orleans by the locals. It
describes the family nature of Mardi Gras for the locals,
and the neighborhood parties along the parade route and
across New Orleans. Return to Mardi Gras is an exciting novel for anyone who has
wondered what Mardi Gras in New Orleans is really like. It
is a love story and the story of life in the French Quarter,
and contains a day by day description of Mardi Gras
including the festivities and parties in the French Quarter,
Mardi Gras by the locals in the elegant Garden District and
the suburbs, the parades, Mardi Gras Balls, Cajun Mardi
Gras, street entertainers, and the history of New Orleans,
the French Creoles and the Cajuns. Jim, a 30-year-old attorney in New Orleans has an affair
with a strikingly beautiful 22 year old court reporter named
Aimee who lives in the French Quarter. He leaves his wife
and young son and moves to the French Quarter, and much of
the novel describes life in the quaint historic French
Quarter. They party in the French Quarter with Craig, a
doctor doing his residency in New Orleans who is a playboy;
George, an attorney who practices law from his apartment in
the French Quarter and stays one step ahead of the Bar
Association Grievance Committee; Faye, a single mother
living in the French Quarter who is trying to grab all the
pleasure out of life she can while she waits for the man of
her dreams; and Bill, an attorney from a wealthy family who
has trouble holding a hold a job because of his hostility
toward authority figures. Together they party in the French
Quarter waiting for Mardi Gras because it will somehow give
meaning to their lost lives. When Mardi Gras arrives the!
things that have been building up all year come to a head. During Mardi Gras Jim re-establishes a relationship with his
three-year-old son while taking him to Mardi Gras parades,
Mardi Gras parties, and to see the troubadour street
entertainers; jugglers, clowns, musicians, acrobats,
pantomines and others in the French Quarter, and has to
decide which is the life for him, the carefree hedonistic
life of the French Quarter or the family life in the suburbs. Return to Mardi Gras is also a philosophical novel, and
contains symbolism comparing life in the French Quarter with
the Odyssey, as well as other symbolism. The most unique and
interesting aspect of Return to Mardi Gras is that it paints
a true picture of what Mardi Gras is like for New Orleans
locals. Whereas other novels might have a brief chapter
about the wild Mardi Gras in the French Quarter, this novel
also describes Mardi Gras as the locals enjoy it, a family
Mardi Gras with parades geared to children and neighborhood
parties with friends and family. It is a complete picture of
the real Mardi Gras as enjoyed by families in the suburbs
and all across New Orleans and southern Louisiana.
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