That Spring in Paris: tour quotations
Ciji Ware
on Tour
August 15-28
with
That Spring in Paris
(women’s fiction / romance)
Release date: May 25, 2017
at Lion’s Paw Publishing
ISBN: 978-0988940871
ebook: 978-0988940864
468 pages
SYNOPSIS
Two Americans literally collide at the entrance to a Paris hospital, each desperately searching for friends felled in the same unspeakable tragedy.
Patrick Finley Deschanel, an expatriate former U.S. Air Force pilot, quit the military after a career flying helicopter rescue missions in the Middle East. Now resident on a classic barge moored on the Seine, Finn is a man with both physical battle scars and psychic wounds that overshadow his day-to-day encounters at every turn.
Juliet Thayer is a fledgling landscape painter who seeks escape from a tyrannical older brother and her job at his violent video war games company in San Francisco. Her emergency trip to Paris also raises doubts as to her impending engagement to a colleague where she serves as packaging design director and “Chief Branding Officer” of GatherGames, a highly speculative enterprise in which her parents are heavily invested.
As Finn and Juliet form a tenuous attachment in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that traumatized the French capital November 13, 2015, they wonder if the “City of Light” can provide a path out of the darkness for two emotional exiles who fear–along with the world at large—that their universe has descended into a permanent state of chaos and that the renewal of spring might never come.
New York Times bestselling novelist and Emmy-award winning news producer Ciji Ware displays her formidable skill at weaving fact and fiction–delivering a gripping story about the discovery of love and regained serenity in the wake of horrifying events.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ciji Ware,
a graduate of Harvard University in History,
is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author
of historical and contemporary fiction,
and two works of nonfiction.
An Emmy-award winning
former radio and TV broadcaster for 23 years in Los Angeles,
her numerous writing accolades include a Dorothy Parker Award of excellence,
and being short-listed for the Willa [Cather] Literary Award.
Her family circle includes a husband of many decades,
a grown son and daughter-in-law, and now two grandsons under four,
along with a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Cholly Knickerbocker.
Ware lives in a cottage by the sea on San Francisco Bay.
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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR QUOTATIONS
The characters are colorful, the city of Paris and its cuisine shine in Ms. Ware’s writing.
Ms. Ware’s voice as an author is well established, enjoyable to follow and I found myself completely immersed in her tale.
I really enjoyed it and I’ll be grabbing the rest of the books in this series.
This is the first book that I have read by this author but it won’t be the last: I’ve been impressed with her descriptions, it just seems to be there.
I really enjoyed this book. The characters are realistic and lovable, the plot is well written and well developed, the pace is fast: this book keeps glued to pages from start to finish.
Highly recommended
Musings of a Writer & Unabashed Francophile
It didn’t take me long to become immersed in this book, set as it was during some very recent events.
The characters were engaging.
It was a book that was hard to put down, and it had a satisfying conclusion. I’ll be going to find more of this author’s work for sure.
I enjoyed the descriptions of her discoveries in the richness of life.
I recommend this novel as a smart read with romance and deep dives into family issues along with the complications of war and violence.
The story is dealt with sensitivity and Ciji Ware has done excellent research.
At times I was so engrossed with the story, I almost felt I was there in Paris and San Francisco, with the vivid descriptions of the surroundings and scenery.
A perfect balance of romance, tragedy and real life.
The visual imagery is so beautiful that it feels like I have been there.
The food, the culture, the emotions – all seem so real.
The whole story line is very thought provoking.
I thought That Spring in Paris was a pretty good read. Ciji Ware perfectly captures the sights and sounds of the setting, as well as, the emotions and feelings of the main characters.
Great read!
August 29, 2017
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