Synopsis
April Vogt, a Sotheby’s Furniture specialist is struggling to cope with her husband’s confession about his onetime infidelity and is trying to figure out how it will affect their marriage. When her boss sends her to Paris to catalogue an apartment that has been locked up for seventy years and is full of antiques, she does not care about the dust and cobwebs she finds. Instead she sees it as an opportunity to escape, to get away from her life in New York.
Once in France she discovers there is more to the apartment than treasures and valuable antiques. She gets intrigued by the Boldini painting of Marthe de Florian, the latter being the original owner of the apartment. When Marthe de Florian’s diaries are found April finds herself fascinated with this enigmatic woman and has a sudden urge to discover her story. As April digs deeper into Marthe’s life, she is compelled to take a closer look at issues in her own.
Review
The plot is made up out of two timelines. One is set in the past which tells the story of Marthe de Florian through April’s reading of the diaries. The other set in the present and follows April’s life.The plot telling the colourful story of Marthe is the strong part of the book and is fascinating. The characters are interesting and well described. You can understand what motivates them and they show real emotions such as anger, despair, love, vulnerability and jealousy.
The part of the story telling April’s life is not as captivating. In fact it was hard to understand what really motivated her. You see that April is fascinated by Marthe’s apartment and her diaries but you don’t really feel it; at least not in the beginning. As the story develops the characters grow and start to become more complex and you realise they are more damaged by events in their past than at first thought.
Towards the end it’s easier to relate to the characters, April in particular. They become a little less arrogant and self interested than they were in the beginning. The book has a strong ending. The two storylines are nicely concluded together.
Overall this is an interesting read. Anybody looking for a good historical fiction, with strong characters and a bit of intrigue or a one nicely set in Paris, will enjoy this book. I give it 3.8 stars.
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Michelle Gable's A PARIS APARTMENT reminds us that home is where the heart is and where living really begins
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2015
"Patterns are what make the person."That is by far one of my favorite lines in the book A PARIS APARTMENT,and one of the reasons why this book works for me on so many levels.Author Michelle Gable has been able to tell the story of two women, worlds apart, who are alike in their quest for life, love and what really matters. What we see with the two of them is the journey that happens for us all in getting to a place of happiness and security---if it is something that we ever acquire at all.For April, she has been for so long defined by what she does that in many ways she has lost who she really is. Between her work and her personal life we are able to see how discovery for her is what is really exciting and worthwhile and a Paris apartment gives us both in ways she could not have expected.This book is such a great reminder for us all to discover what really matters and hold on to it, because just as quickly as it has come our way it can be gone again. No wonder this book A PARIS APARTMENT has been so well received. It is a story of our generation---no matter what generation that might be---and it allows us to be entertained and thoughtful during the same reading. A real triumph for any other, and a real treat for the one who has the pleasure of reading it.
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2015
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