toronto as paris

my summer reading -- chick lit at its best

C'est la Vie by Suzy Gershman
woman (shopping writer) of middle age, widowed, moves to Paris, France and begins again

The Olive Harvest: a Memoir of Love, Old Trees and Olive Oil by Carol Drinkwater
Irish actor and writer writes evocatively of her beloved olive farm in Provence, France

Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull
Australian journalist follows her heart to Paris

and in progress, not to ignore nor diminish the male perspective:

Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
The New Yorker journal writer moves to Paris with his wife and infant son