A garden in Paris

Format:

Book (large print)

Title:

A garden in Paris

Author:

Whitson, Stephanie Grace.

ISBN:

9781585476381

Edition:

Center Point large print ed.

Publication Information:

Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2005.

Physical Description:

304 pages (large print) ; 22 cm

Summary:

"The motto, 'It is never too late to be what you might have been, ' haunts Mary Davis. Newly widowed, she has the notion that if she can return to Paris with her increasingly distant daughter, perhaps she'll be able to reconcile with the past and find a new future"--Provided by publisher.

Subject(s):

Americans -- France -- Fiction.

Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.

Widows -- Fiction.

Large type books.

Domestic fiction.

Paris (France) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Paris (France) -- Fiction.

Genre:

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Summary

Fifty-year-old Mary Elisabeth Davis has been widowed for two years. Living by her late husband's rules, and keeping secrets from her grown daughter are taking a toll, and she begins to realize that she doesn't have a life of her own at all. Just as she begins to question whether her life is really worth living, a framed motto she finds in an antique shop causes her to think about what might have been. At first, the motto causes her to have grave regrets as she questions her choices and torments herself over her treatment of an old flame in Paris. But then the motto reminds her that it's never too late. She had intended to end it all, but instead she writes a letter.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In this enjoyable story, Whitson, the author of a dozen novels, sets out to show that it is never too late for someone to start over. Widow Mary Elisabeth McKibbin Davis is 50 years old, unsure about who she is, and at odds with her adult daughter, Liz. Toying with suicide, Mary instead writes a letter to her first love of 30 years ago, the dashing Frenchman Jean-Marc David, letting him know she'll be in their special garden in Paris on Christmas Eve. Taking as her motto It is never too late to be what you might have been, Mary leaves Nebraska for France to begin revisiting her past and re-creating her life. Liz rather quickly realizes she needs to reconcile with her mother, and, with he r agreeable fiancE, Jeffrey Scott, she chases after Mary. While in Paris, Mary searches for love, faith and her true self, while Liz will have to grapple with a family secret, adeptly concealed until late in the book in a surprising plot twist. Multiple points of view are sometimes a little cumbersome, and there is a bit of theology tossed in about God and accidents that will be problematic for some. However, appealing descriptions, faith renewals and conversions, and travelogueish details about Paris make this a pleasant read for an evangelical Christian audience. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved