Chasing Sylvia Beach
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.53 (654 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0975922424 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 382 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Arriving unexpectedly in 1937 Paris-penniless, friendless, and clueless-Lily must rely on her wobbly French and her wits. In her quest to return home, Lily finds herself enmeshed in an undercover league of time-traveling bibliophiles. Charged with a daunting task, along the way Lily falls for a gallant young Frenchman, discusses the art of writing with Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein, and runs afoul of a dashing Nazi agent. A celebration of a timeless city's allure, an engaging romantic fantasy, and a valentine to book lovers in every era, Chasing Sylvia Beach is a novel to savor and be spellbound by.. But a mysterious invitation offers her entrée into the glittering inner circle of Sylvia Beach herself. In order to escape unscathed, Lily must make choices that force her to reconcile her past and that may revise literary history forever. Lily Heller's affaire de coeur with Paris has existed almost as long as her love for books. This clue leads her further into the complex and dangerous Paris on the brink of war-and it's not the friendly literary community she had imagined. Lily becomes a character inside the world that she had fantasized about-but with chilling consequences. Smitten with the city's literary Golden Age of the twenties, the young bookstore clerk from Denver dreams of a life like that of bold expatriate Sylvia Beach, who founded the famed Shakespeare and Company bookshop and became her own lit
"Morris captures all the excitement that a time traveler might feel if she suddenly landed in interwar Paris. A nuanced, complex portrait of the beloved bookseller Sylvia Beach." Keri Walsh, editor of The Letters of Sylvia Beach
Kathleen Pooler said An engaging romantic fantasy that will transport you back in time. Cynthia Morris' fast-paced, intriguing romantic fantasy, Chasing Sylvia Beach, transports us to 19An engaging romantic fantasy that will transport you back in time Cynthia Morris' fast-paced, intriguing romantic fantasy, Chasing Sylvia Beach, transports us to 1937 Paris where a twenty-something protagonist Lily Heller travels back in time from her modern, directionless life as a bookstore clerk in Denver to prewar Paris where she finds herself seeking out her heroine, Sylvia Beach. Sylvia founded the Shakespeare and Company Bookshop. Lily has researched the life and times of Sylvia Beach in her current life. The time travel. 7 Paris where a twenty-something protagonist Lily Heller travels back in time from her modern, directionless life as a bookstore clerk in Denver to prewar Paris where she finds herself seeking out her heroine, Sylvia Beach. Sylvia founded the Shakespeare and Company Bookshop. Lily has researched the life and times of Sylvia Beach in her current life. The time travel. C'est Magnifique! Alyson What's not to love about this debut novel by Creativity Coach and Writer's Advocate, Cynthia Morris? If you have a passion for literature, history and digging through dusty bookstoresif your own imagination knows no bounds to the contemporary "what ifs" in lifeyou will enjoy this journey. Adventurer Lily Heller and the colorful cast of co-characters (literary figures of the '30s and fully-imagined cohorts) worked their way into my subconscious! Paris, a starring . Fun summer beach read I took a Kindle version of "Chasing Sylvia Beach" with me last month on a cruise down the coast of Mexico. After reading the nonfiction "Sylvia Beach and The Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the 20's and 30's" last fall and spending 3 weeks in Paris over winter break, I enjoyed strolling les arrondisements encore with Lily while lounging by the pool, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It was quite a contrast to the book's gray skies over the Left Bank.