The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah was recommended to me a few times. I finally got around to reading it in Paris this week, which is also where the book is set! The book starts off in modern times with a sick older lady and her son. The women in the first chapter introduces herself as a person with a secret past; one that her son knows nothing about. It’s a period of her life she has chosen not to remember for a long time. She begins packing to move into assisted leaving at her sons request; as she is packing up her belongings, the story transitions to flashback of memories;…
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Paris
They call it the city of love; the city of lights. I have always dreamed of coming here. I am not sure when or how it first started but I did think it would be a special place. I had different ideas of what the city would be like at different times of my life; from dreaming I’d go there and fall in love or just experiencing the city with someone I love. I have spent the last week in Pairs with my husband and I loved all of it. The expectations I had for this city where high and while on the airplane I was wondering if I had…