The Paris Novel

When Stella’s estranged, larger-than-life mother dies, she leaves Stella with a curious inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading ‘Go to Paris’. Stella wants nothing less than to step outside her comfortable routines and predictable life, but eventually resigns herself to honouring her mother’s wishes.
Alone in a foreign city, Stella falls back to old habits, living cautiously, spending little, avoiding other people. Until, that is, she stumbles across an octogenarian art-collector who takes her under his wing. Together, they discover a passion for food, art and fashion, and Stella begins to wonder if there might be a life outside her comfort zone after all…
Bestselling author and food writer Ruth Reichl’s rich, sensual writing brings the food and fashion of Paris to life in this charming novel about finding your true home where you least expect it.

Author Biography

Ruth Reichl is the New York Times-bestselling author of five memoirs, the novel Delicious!; and the cookbook My Kitchen Year. She was editor in chief of Gourmet magazine for ten years. Previously she was the restaurant critic for the New York Times and served as the food editor and restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. She has been honored with six James Beard awards for her journalism, magazine feature writing, and criticism. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and two cats.