Paris Blue: A Memoir of First Love

By Julie Scolnik

Book Overview

PARIS, 1976: In this memoir of first love, twenty-year-old American student Julie Scolnik arrives in the City of Light to study the flute when, from across a sea of faces in the chorus of the Orchestre de Paris, she is drawn to Luc, a striking (married) French lawyer in the bass section.

This moving Paris memoir captures the unfolding story of an ebullient young American and a reserved Frenchman, transporting readers to the caf s, streets, and concert halls of 1970s Paris. Spanning three decades, the story evolves from deep romance to sudden heartbreak, and finally to a lifelong quest for answers to release hidden, immutable grief.

Against a magical backdrop of Paris and classical music, Paris Blue is a true fairy-tale memoir (with a dark underbelly) about the tenacious grip of first love.

Praise for Paris Blue

"Not every true story is like a good novel, but this one is. Not every memoir of first love has a satisfying ending, but this one does. The confluence of first love with becoming an artist makes this memoir special."

- John Irving

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646634691
• ISBN13: 9781646634699
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Adagietto Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

France 1970's

For those who experienced France in the 1970's as a student living abroad you will be able to relate to this story. At age 20 one is often not aware of the cultural differences and their impact on a relationship. Her love relationship did not end up the way she had hoped. The descriptions of Paris brought me right back. Enjoy.