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Paris Dreaming

Author: Anita Heiss  

I'm telling you now- I'm never having another boyfriend - ever !

Libby is on a man-fast: no more romance, no more cheating men, no more heartbreak. But when fate takes Libby to work in Paris at the Musee du Quai Branly, she's suddenly thrown out of her comfort zone and into a city full of culture, fashion and love. Romance has suddenly become a lot more tempting.

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I'm telling you now- I'm never having another boyfriend - ever !

Libby is on a man-fast: no more romance, no more cheating men, no more heartbreak. But when fate takes Libby to work in Paris at the Musee du Quai Branly, she's suddenly thrown out of her comfort zone and into a city full of culture, fashion and love. Romance has suddenly become a lot more tempting.

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I'm telling you now- I'm never having another boyfriend - ever!'I'm telling you now- I'm never having another boyfriend - ever!'Libby is on a man-fast- no more romance, no more cheating men, no more heartbreak. After all, she has her three best girlfriends and two cats to keep her company at night and her high-powered job at the National Aboriginal Gallery in Canberra to occupy her day - isn't that enough?But when fate takes Libby to work in Paris at the Musee du Quai Branly, she's suddenly thrown out of her comfort zone and into a city full of culture, fashion and love. Surrounded by thousands of attentive men, nude poets, flirtatious baristas and smooth-tongued lotharios, romance has suddenly become a lot more tempting.On top of it all, there's a chauvinist colleague at the Musee who challenges Libby's professional ability and diplomatic skills. Then there's Libby's new friend Sorina, a young Roma gypsy, desperate to escape deportation.Libby must protect her work record and her friend, but can she protect herself from a broken heart?

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About the Author

Anita is a proud member of the Wiradyuri nation of central New South Wales and one of Australia's most well-known authors publishing across genres including non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction and children's fiction.Anita's non-fiction works include Am I Black Enough for You?, Dhuuluu-Yala (To Talk Straight) - Publishing Aboriginal Literature, and as editor, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia and The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature which she co-edited with Peter Minter.Her adult fiction includes Not Meeting Mr Right, Avoiding Mr Right, Manhattan Dreaming, Paris Dreaming and Tiddas. Her novel Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms was shortlisted for the QLD Literary Awards, longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Prize and was the University of Canberra 2020 Book of the Year. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray was shortlisted for the 2021 HNSA ARA Historical Novel.Anita's children's literature includes Who Am I? the diary of Mary Talence, Our Race for Reconciliation, Harry's Secret, Matty's Comeback, and Kicking Goals with Goodesy and Magic, co-written with Adam Goodes and Michael O'Loughlin. She also wrote two kid's novels with students from La Perouse Public School - Yirra and Her Deadly Dog Demon and Demon Guards the School Yard.Her memoir Am I Black Enough for You? was a finalist in the 2012 Human Rights Awards and she was a finalist in the 2013 Australian of the Year Awards (Local Hero).As an advocate for Indigenous literacy, Anita has worked in remote communities as a role model and encouraging young Indigenous Australians to write their own stories. On an international level she has performed her work and lectured on Aboriginal literature at universities and conferences, consulates and embassies in the USA, Canada, the UK, Tahiti, Fiji, New Caledonia, Spain, Japan, Austria, Germany, China, India and New Zealand. Anita is a Lifetime Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, and a proud Ambassador of Worawa Aboriginal College, the GO Foundation and the Sydney Swans.Anita is a Professor of Communications at the University of QLD and is on the board of the National Justice Project, University of QLD Press, Aboriginal Art Co and Circa Contemporary Theatre.Anita loves chocolate, running and being a creative disruptor.

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Product Details

Publisher
Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia) | Bantam
Published
1st April 2011
Pages
336
ISBN
9781741668933

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