Anna Laura Rucińska, Lost in Paris

Anna Laura Rucinska, Lost in Paris

Debut novel by Polish-French writer Anna Laura Rucińska.

Book donated by the author.

Publisher's description: Valérie - with two children and a third on the way - leaves her husband and decides to make a life for herself in France. It's 1980, and in Paris she meets Andrew, a writer and translator much older than herself. And although she knows that Andrzej has a wife, she falls in love without memory. She also gets to know the circle of Polish intellectuals and artists and decides to learn Polish. After some time, Valérie realizes that her beloved is active in the opposition and his visits to Paris are clandestine in nature. On December 13, 1981, the world holds its breath. Valérie doesn't know if Andrew in Warsaw is alive. Against all odds, she decides to take a crazy step: organize humanitarian aid and set off for martial law-stricken Poland. However, she doesn't know that several unpleasant surprises await her there....

Lost in Paris is a story about friendship between women, paths to freedom, mutual support and fighting for each other.

Publisher: Margines