Three Weeks in Paris

Three Weeks in Paris
Barbara Taylor Bradford

The latest novel from the genuinely bestselling author of seventeen compelling novels, from A Woman of Substance to The Triumph of Katie Byrne.

As students at the prestigious Anya Sedgwick School of Decorative Arts in Paris, Alexandra Gordon, Kay Lenox, Jessica Pierce and Maria Franconi share the challenges and excitement of developing their artistic talents to the fullest under Sedgwick's caring and demanding guidance. But once best friends, they part enemies, and after graduation they go their separate ways, pursuing careers and establishing lives in different corners of the world.

Alexandra, a set designer, becomes a leading figure in New York's theatre world. Kay, who marries and moves to Scotland, designs a successful line of clothing. Jessica, an interior designer, makes her home in California, while Maria returns to her native Italy, where she continues to work in her family's textile business.

For each of them, the arrival of an invitation to Paris to celebrate Anya Sedgwick's eighty-fifth birthday stirs up complicated feelings: nostalgic memories are coloured by poignant regrets and the reluctance to revisit their own pasts mixes with curiosity about the other women. It is ultimately their desire to deal with unfinished business that convinces all of them to attend the party. During three eventful weeks in Paris, they visit their old haunts, rekindle ties, and awaken in each other the sense of wonder, adventure, and possibilities they had shared so long ago.

BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

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THREE WEEKS

IN PARIS

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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For Bob, truly a man for all seasons,

with all my love

Contents

Title Page (#u8842a8e9-914e-5e06-9b9b-44aaf35b9974)

Copyright (#u6379d4cf-8d02-5219-8c30-256f65cb2c61)

Dedication (#uef6820d8-2263-513f-8a59-8ad69dfab1d3)

PROLOGUE (#u542d172e-4de9-5445-818e-ef1f5dd1dd27)

PART ONE Les Girls (#u1c254a46-ac8d-583b-8144-e0b3330f9596)

Chapter One - Alexandra (#u6c2cefa2-8195-5ca2-81f8-167b6f7f5a6a)

Chapter Two (#u6475a084-bf34-5ff2-9324-cf2c51104cca)

Chapter Three (#u4494988b-dfb8-5499-a0f0-67ebbb92f0d6)

Chapter Four - Kay (#u8008812f-4b75-5f94-9ad0-6ae2eceb5fa2)

Chapter Five (#u257aeb85-f80a-5378-a284-0792006da43b)

Chapter Six (#u5882bb8c-d212-5a15-9455-119b63d9b867)

Chapter Seven - Jessica (#uac78c27c-f487-5505-9e0a-f54978c74896)

Chapter Eight (#u259f64b2-2188-53fe-bcac-0964ff3829d6)

Chapter Nine - Maria (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

PART TWO Doyenne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

PART THREE Quest (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)