Three Weeks in Paris

by Bradford, Barbara Taylor

• ISBN13: 9780375431494
• ISBN10: 0375431497
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Random House Large Print

Summary

Legendary storyteller Barbara Taylor Bradford presents a spellbinding story of four women transformed by old memories and surprising revelations when they meet again at a school reunion in Paris. As students at the prestigious Anya Sedgwick School of Decorative Arts in Paris, Alexandra Gordon, Kay Lenox, Jessica Pierce, and Maria Franconi share the challenges and excitement of developing their various artistic talents to the fullest under Sedgwick's caring and demanding guidance. Once best friends, they part enemies, and after graduation go their separate ways, pursuing careers and establishing lives in different corners of the world. Alexandra, a set designer, becomes a leading figure in New York's theater world. Kay, who marries and moves to Scotland, designs a successful line of clothing. Jessica, an interior designer, makes her home in California, while Maria returns to her native Italy, where she continues to work in her family's textile business. For each of them, the arrival of an invitation to Paris to celebrate Anya Sedgwick's eighty-fifth birthday stirs up complicated feelings: Nostalgic memories are colored by poignant regrets, and the reluctance to revisit their own pasts mixes with curiosity about their former friends. It is ultimately their desire to deal with unfinished business that convinces all of them to attend the party. During three eventful weeks in Paris, they visit their old haunts, rekindle ties, and awaken in one another the sense of wonder, adventure, and possibilities they had shared so long ago. Barbara Taylor Bradford has long been recognized as one of today's finest chroniclers of women's lives. From her blockbuster debut novel,A Womanof Substance, to her most recent bestseller,The Triumph of Katie Byrne, her books have sold more than 61 million copies worldwide.Three Weeks in Parisis vintage Bradford, filled with the emotional power and captivating plot twists her readers cherish.

Author Biography

<b>BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD </b>was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, and was a reporter for the <i>Yorkshire Evening Post</i> at sixteen. By the age of twenty, she had become both an editor and a columnist on London’s Fleet Street. In 1979, she wrote her first novel, <i>A Woman of Substance</i>, and that enduring bestseller was followed by sixteen others, most recently <i>The Triumph of Katie Byrne</i>. Ten have been made into television miniseries and movies of the week. Her novels have sold more than 61 million copies in 89 countries and 39 languages worldwide. She lives in New York City with her husband, producer Robert Bradford.

Table of Contents

Prologue	1	(4)
Les Girls	5	(136)
Doyenne	141	(58)
Quest	199	(230)
Celebration	429