The Paris affair

Shehadi, Muna2025

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Paris, 1975. Shy Midwesterner Helen gets a once in a lifetime chance to travel to Paris for six-months after graduating. Her boyfriend makes her promise to wear his ring. She agrees. Yet in Paris her world opens up in a way she couldn't have imagined, as she moves in with two extraordinary women. All of a sudden she's attending parties, mixing with intoxicating company, and falling head over heels for photojournalist Giles - a man, she knows, she must ultimately leave behind. Kansas, present day: The stories Teresa has heard stories of her grandmother Helen make her sound like a selfish monster. But when Helen breaks her hip, Teresa agrees to assist clearing out her farmhouse and is surprised to find her grandmother warm and welcoming. When Teresa stumbles across a doll, momentos and photos of a much younger Helen she's compelled to hear Helen's story and the memories that have until now, remained untold.