Advance praise for Paris Adieu
Coming out December 16, 2011
After A Moveable Feast, the top book for those who love to read about Paris
“Like all of Gaston’s work, Paris Adieu is full of fun and charm. After A Moveable Feast, it is the top book for anyone who remembers all of the frivolity and seriousness that go with the French and the City of Light.”
Ariana Kaleta, Baroness von Trautenegg
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Fascinating, Glamorous, and Entertaining
“Paris Adieu makes a fun book for my book club. The story of Ava coming of age in Paris is as fascinating, glamorous and as entertaining as the City of Light itself.”
Victoria Kann, New York Times bestselling author of Pinkalicious and the Pink Pumpkin
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Well-founded in Intellectual Truth
“If you have been young in Paris, or wish you had been, this is the book for you. Gaston’s style paints a vivid portrait – breezy, but well-founded in intellectual truth.”
Ariane Csonka Comstock, author of The Young People’s Guide to Opera and Palm Beach Wit & Wisdom
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Elegant, Sexy, and Almost Impossibly Witty
“Literate men will love Rozsa Gaston’s elegant, sexy, and almost impossibly witty look inside the hidden world of women (and will fall in love with the author). Buy this book – and keep it on your nightstand.”
Laurence Siegel, winner of the Graham and Dodd and EDHEC-Robeco awards for investment writing
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Coming of Age in Paris
“Ava Fodor is young, funny and ready for trouble, particularly when it comes to French men. From the opening pages, Ava engages with her wry voice. This is a story that’s certain to touch a chord with readers who may remember their own first efforts to find love.”
Susan Breen, author of The Fiction Class
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Fasten your Seatbelt for a Sensual Ride
“Fasten your seatbelt for a sensual ride through a young American woman’s journey through France. Learning about the pleasures of life, from tasty food to passionate awakening with a French lover, is a feast for the senses.”
Susie Piturro
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Sexy Page-Turner with a French Twist
“With vivid detail and humor, Gaston takes readers straight into the heart of Paris, where we smell pastries from the corner bakery and meander through famous parks and museums. We meet the French lover who shows Ava how to feel ‘comfortable in her own skin.’ Throughout, Gaston writes with a deep appreciation for sensuality that will keep readers attentive to Ava’s every adventure.”
Kim Nagy, Executive Editor
Wild River Review
Author of The Triple Goddess Trials
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Sexy, Witty, and Charming
“Sexy, witty, and charming, Paris Adieu takes you away from everyday life, back to a time when everything was new and adventurous. This is a great read for any book club as well as something to give your life a little romantic flavor.”
Kathy Chattoraj, visual artist
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Paris Adieu is a must read
“Paris Adieu is a must read for every woman, young and old, as a reminder of how we evolved into who we are today. Naiveté was such a blessing, wasn’t it?”
Terri Valentine, author of Sands of Time and Sea Dream
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Couldn’t put it down
“I didn’t want to say adieu to Ava’s adventures in Paris. Ava untangles herself from her grandmother’s meddlesome web in Connecticut, to find herself bedazzled by Paris, its culture and its people. As the pages and lovers turn quickly, Ava metamorphosizes from naïve, young know-nothing to a creative, strong-minded, independent woman – Voilà!”
Mary Agoglia
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What 
wine would you sip while contemplating this quote?
Well, darling, we are talking about Paris here, so we’ll go with a French wine, naturellement. And if I were French, to be at all serious, I’d pick a red. But not being French nor particularly serious, I would sip something sparkling and white while contemplating my time in the City of Light. Perhaps a Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin as long as someone gifts me with a bottle. The perfect balance of delicacy with power at about $42 per signature orange box.
Thank you chère Jo-Anne Ford for enhancing our new year’s eve 2010 celebration with this wonderful gift.
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Douleur du Roi sans Fils by Jean Pichore, c. 1503
Claude of France, eldest daughter of Anne of Brittany and Louis XII 
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