Story Description:
Simon &
Schuster|August 14, 2012|Hardcover|ISBN: 978-1-4516-9154-2
This is a memoir
for anyone who has ever fallen in love in Paris, or with Paris. PARIS:
A LOVE STORY is for anyone who has ever had their heart broken or their
life upended.
In this remarkably
honest and candid memoir, award-winning and distinguished author Kati Marton
narrates an impassioned and romantic story of love, loss, and life after
loss. Paris is at the heart of this
deeply moving account. At every stage of
her life, Marton finds beauty and excitement in Paris, and now, after the
sudden death of her husband, Richard Holbrooke, the city offers a chance for a
fresh beginning. With intimate and
nuanced portraits of Peter Jennings, the man to whom she was married for
fifteen years and with whom she had two children, and Holbrooke, with whom she
found enduring love, Marton paints a vivid account of an adventuresome life in the
stream of history. Inspirational and
deeply human, Paris: A Love Story
will touch every generation.
My Review:
Paris: A Love Story is an unbelievably
candid, open, honest memoir with no holds barred. Kati Marton and her husband, Richard
Holbrooke were deeply in love. Kati had
previously been married to news anchor Peter Jennings for fifteen years with
whom she had two children – Lizzie and Chris.
Richard died from
a dissected aorta but following twenty-one hours of surgery his life could not
be saved. Kati was totally grief
stricken in every sense of the word. Her
friends, including Bill and Hillary Clinton and her children from her previous
marriage to Peter Jennings rallied around her.
Richard also had two children from a previous relationship – David and
Anthony.
Paris was their
home, their life, and their love. Paris
represented to them everything in life that one holds dear.
However, the book
had more of an “all about me” ring to it and “who I know that is famous”. I felt at times as though Marton had flipped
through her datebook looking for things to write. Although I did enjoy the book very much, and
it truly was a love story as far as Kati and Richard went, a more appropriate
title might have been: Paris: A Story
About Me & Who I Know.
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