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Jacqueline in Paris, a novel, Ann Mah

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Jacqueline in Paris, a novel, Ann Mah

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eng

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fiction

Main title

Jacqueline in Paris

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Ann Mah

Sub title

a novel

Summary

In September 1949 Jacqueline Bouvier arrives in postwar Paris to begin her junior year abroad. Jacqueline is immediately catapulted into an intoxicating new world of champagne and châteaux, art and avant-garde theater, cafés and jazz clubs. She strikes up a romance with a talented young writer who shares her love of literature and passion for culture. But beneath the glitter and rush, France is a fragile place still haunted by the Occupation. Jacqueline lives with a widowed countess and her daughters, all of whom suffered as part of the French Resistance just a few years before. In the aftermath of World War II, Paris has become a nest of spies, and suspicion, deception, and betrayal lurk around every corner. Jacqueline is stunned to watch the rise of communism - anathema in America, but an active movement in France - never guessing she is witnessing the beginning of the political environment that will shape the rest of her life-and that of her future husband. Evocative, sensitive, and rich in historic detail, Jacqueline in Paris portrays the intellectual and aesthetic awakening of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and illuminates how France would prove to be one of the greatest influences on her life

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