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Title: Paris, He Said

Author: Christine Sneed

Narrator: Elise Arsenault, Charlie Thurston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-22-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Jayne Marks is questioning the choices she has made in the years since college and is struggling to pay her bills in Manhattan when she is given the opportunity to move to Paris with her wealthy lover and benefactor, Laurent Moller, who owns and operates two art galleries, one in New York, the other in Paris. He offers her the time and financial support she needs to begin her career as a painter and challenges her to see who and what she will become if she meets her artistic potential. Laurent, however, seems to have other women in his life, and Jayne, too, has an ex-boyfriend, much closer to her own age, whom she still has feelings for.

Bringing Paris gloriously to life, Paris, He Said is a novel about desire, beauty, and its appreciation and of finding yourself presented with the things you believe you've always wanted, only to wonder where true happiness lies.

Critic Reviews:

"An alluring, provocative novel about the coalescence of the self and the art of living." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

In this compelling exploration of love and desire and the murky region in between

In this compelling exploration of love and desire and the murky region in between, Christine Sneed gives us a glimpse of the Paris art world through the eyes of two flawed but likable characters, Jayne Marks and her older lover, Laurent. In many ways it's a novel of rumination and self-analysis, rather than action, and it never shies away from its characters' more sordid motivations: Jayne accepts an invitation to live with Laurent in Paris in order to pursue her art (an exceedingly uncomfortable arrangement for a modern feminist) while Laurent shows no interest in mending his philandering ways. One of my favorite details in the novel involves a minor revelation about Jayne: a birthday card for her neighbor was once placed in her mailbox by mistake. Opening it and finding that it contains $10, she keeps it. It's an extremely minor piece of backstory--seemingly incidental, even throwaway--but I think it's actually a brilliant bit of characterization. The novel revels in such unsparing, supremely human moments. We sympathize with these characters, we wish them well, but we must know them in all their compromised complexity, carried forward by the steady, quiet momentum of Sneed's clear and unflinching prose. It's a deceptively pleasurable, unsettlingly provocative read, and I thoroughly recommend it!

I loved this book -- a perfect summer read if you're ...

I loved this book -- a perfect summer read if you're looking for a thoughtful romance with a strong touch of reality. Sneed is an award winning writer and her prose is impeccable -- New York, Paris, and the faithless human heart all deftly rendered. I loved the surprise change in point of view in the last section of the novel, which shows Sneed's ability to know all her characters inside and out. If you want to be in Paris this summer, but forgot to buy your ticket, PARIS, HE SAID, is the book for you.