Paris Dreaming

By: Anita Heiss

Narrated by: Miah Madden

'I'm telling you now: I'm never having another boyfriend - ever!'

Libby is on a man-fast: no more romance, no more cheating men, no more heartbreak. After all, she has her three best girlfriends and two cats to keep her company at night and her high-powered job at the National Aboriginal Gallery in Canberra to occupy her day - isn't that enough?

But when fate takes Libby to work in Paris at the Musée du Quai Branly, she's suddenly thrown out of her comfort zone and into a city full of culture, fashion and love. Surrounded by thousands of attentive men, nude poets, flirtatious baristas and smooth-tongued lotharios, romance has suddenly become a lot more tempting.

On top of it all, there's a chauvinist colleague at the Musée who challenges Libby's professional ability and diplomatic skills. Then there's Libby's new friend, Sorina, a young Roma gypsy, desperate to escape deportation.

Libby must protect her work record and her friend, but can she protect herself from a broken heart?

Cover artwork by Rachael Sarra.

©2011 Anita Heiss (P)2021 Audible, Ltd

The narrator did a great job!

Cute story but was lacking, the love story was barely there and I didn’t feel attached to the characters. The story takes a long time to get any traction and even when it does it doesn’t really go anywhere. Libby was the only one with background and her irrational anger towards her dad was a huge turn off. In the end it didn’t seem like anything was resolved and it made the ending feel rushed. The best part of the whole book was the narrator.

Terrific series

I have now listened to both the NYC and Paris Dreaming series. I am thrilled to find the lead characters to be strong Aborigine women who are smart, clever, loving and ambitious and willing to teach people all over the world about their culture. I learned so much about the culture and enjoyed revisiting NY and Paris through their eyes. Thank you.

Wouldn't recommend

The narrator was the best thing about this book. The book was childish and the main character was weird. The end was terrible and unrealistic. I'm not sure what to say in all honesty.