Author: Alice Kaplan

Nominated By: Marti Lindholm

non-fiction

Kaplan takes us into the lives of Jaqueline Bouvier, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis, tracing their paths to their year in Paris and revealing how their experiences abroad reverberated in their career choices, personal identity, and political ideology. Kaplan proves that a single year and a magical city can change a whole life.

Review From: New York Times

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