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Also by Ella Carey:

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From a Paris Balcony, December 2022
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The Girl From Paris, January 2022
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A New York Secret, March 2021
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The Things We Don't Say, January 2019
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Secret Shores, September 2017
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From a Paris Balcony, October 2016
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The House by the Lake, April 2016
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The Paris Time Capsule, April 2014
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From a Paris Balcony
Ella Carey

Lake Union Publishing
October 2016
On Sale: October 11, 2016
Featuring: Laurent Chartier; Sarah West
298 pages
ISBN: 1503940500
EAN: 9781503940505
Kindle: B01FF8HYZK
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Women's Fiction | Historical

Heartbroken and alone, Boston art curator Sarah West is grieving the recent deaths of her parents and the end of her marriage. Ultra-sensible by nature, she’s determined to stay the course to get her life back on track. But fate has something else in mind. While cleaning out her father’s closet, she finds a letter from the famous Parisian courtesan Marthe de Florian, dated 1895. The subject? Sarah’s great-great-aunt Louisa’s death. Legend has it Louisa committed suicide…but this letter implies there’s more to that story.

Determined to learn the truth, Sarah, against her nature, impulsively flies to Paris. There she’s drawn into the world of her flatmate, the brilliant artist Laurent Chartier. As she delves deep into the glittering Belle Époque to unravel the mystery, Sarah finds that her aunt’s story may offer her exactly what she needs to open up to love again.

Following Sarah in the present day and Louisa in the 1890s, this moving novel spans more than a century to tell the stories of two remarkable women.

Comments

14 comments posted.

Re: From a Paris Balcony

I haven't read of the abandoned apartment in Paris. It is
curious that an apt could be abandoned and not claimed for
70 years. Had there been rent due or taxes? What a
mystery.
(G. Bisbjerg 12:46pm October 15, 2016)

I have read about the abandoned apartment in Paris. It sounds
tragic since the deporting of Jews was involved and no one
returned.
(Sharon Berger 5:56pm October 15, 2016)

Haven't read it yet but sounds really good.
(Valerie Miller 10:20pm October 15, 2016)

I read The Paris Time Capsule and The House on the Lake and
absolutely loved them! I cannot imagine why she would
continue paying for the apartment for all those years. What
a treasure though! It is a shame that it had to be
disassembled.
(Michelle Stuck 10:45pm October 15, 2016)

I do remember reading about the abandoned apartment. It's
easy to imagine all kinds of mysterious scenarios about
what happened. I would have loved to have been the person
to have discovered it. It would have been like stepping
back in time.
(Leilani M 11:27pm October 15, 2016)

No, I haven't read about the apartment, though I'd love to. From a Paris Balcony (as well as The Paris Apartment--is that the name of the book about it?) appeal very much to me.
(Susan Illis 7:03am October 16, 2016)

No, I must admit I have never read about the abandoned apartment. It sounds so interesting.
(Bonnie Capuano 8:54am October 16, 2016)

I have not had a chance to read this book but it sounds intriguing!
(Connie Sahn 12:42pm October 16, 2016)

I haven't heard about abandoned apartment in
Paris,mystery,From A Paris Balcony sounds fantastic,would
love to read!
Thank you for the wonderful post,enjoyed reading :)
(Bube Petreska 1:22pm October 16, 2016)

Haven't read it yet but sounds really good.
(Tracy Fritts 2:33pm October 16, 2016)

seen the pictures maybe had to leave in a hurry. sounds
like a great book to read
(Ann Unger 6:42pm October 17, 2016)

I have not read about the abandoned apartment in Paris, but not I am going to. I think it is rather romantic, yet tragic to continue to make rent payments on an apartment that holds such memories.
(Lettetia Elsasser 12:38pm October 18, 2016)

I have never read about the abandon apt., however I'm very intrigued about
it. From a Paris balcony sounds like a wonderful story !
(Lori Barnes 1:57pm October 18, 2016)

I haven't read about the abandoned apartment in Paris, but something extremely tragic must have happened for it to remain empty.
(Anna Speed 12:56pm October 19, 2016)