{"product_id":"a-tryst-with-paris-maret-jaks-9780991870110","title":"A Tryst with PARIS: A Memoir","description":"At 18, Maret's life turned into a nightmare there was no waking up from. Suddenly a single teenaged mother with no education, the only way she can get through each day is to dream of one day living in Paris. This \"impossible dream\" propels her toward a beautiful future and away from her life of poverty and fear. Decades later, her children grown, her business successful, she packs her bags, and moves to Paris. Following in Hemingway's footsteps, she screws up her courage and starts a new life as a writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite having all her notes and feeling ready to write a book about famous dead feminists haunting an apartment in Paris, she realizes she can't make the book come alive. Defeated, she seeks distraction and tries online dating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat's when Paris \"throws a book\" at her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaret takes us with her as she dates an eccentric Count, a \"stallion\" who once worked at a sex club, and a German novelist who, she discovers, has an unfortunate passion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExposing the underbelly as well as the glamor and beauty of the City of Lights, \u003ci\u003eA Tryst with Paris\u003c\/i\u003e takes us places most of us can't even imagine. Along the way we discover that dreams really can come true but rarely in the form we had envisioned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maret Jaks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0991870115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780991870110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaks Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Maret Jaks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438092136703,"sku":"9780991870110","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4cce65a0-5a8d-4cad-b6e9-d76ea7bff3b4.jpg?v=1777168755","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-tryst-with-paris-maret-jaks-9780991870110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}