On Tour 11/16/23-01/14/24 “Who Needs Paris?” by Joan Meyerson

Release Date: November 14, 2023

About The Book:

Who needs Paris? Certainly not Kate Miller. Ever since she was a student at the Sorbonne in the ’60s, she’s avoided Paris like the plague. But now it’s 1977, and her life as a documentary filmmaker in Los Angeles is going nowhere. She’s smart and clever, but dark memories of that youthful past have shut her down.

When a French TV director offers her a job in Paris, she senses it may be her only chance to free herself of those memories. Kate reluctantly returns.

What she finds is a Paris of promise, opportunity, and a delicious sexual reawakening. In her job at a film festival, a famous actor inspires her to play a character of her own … and Kate begins to reinvent herself.

Yet the past still haunts: In 1964, Kate was in Paris, in love … and in trouble. After confronting the unthinkable, she has continued to live with a silent pain she kept secret for all these years.

Will the darkness remain, or can Paris finally help bring Kate closure?

Who Needs Paris? is a story with humor, romance, and drama. But above all, it’s a story about finding and fighting for the freedom to be our true selves.

About The Author:

Joan Meyerson is an award-winning writer/director/producer of documentaries and television programs, including the PBS National Memorial Day Concert, for which she won two Writers Guild of America awards. The dramatic accounts she wrote about vets and military families reconfirmed her belief that the best stories come from real life, a belief she has followed in writing such varied programs as Zoolife with Jack Hanna (TV series), and Children of Japan (Disney). Having told the stories of others, she now tells one of her own, inspired by the two times she lived in Paris. A native of Los Angeles, Joan is busy finding more stories in her Valley Village neighborhood. Who Needs Paris? is her first novel. https://www.joanmeyerson.com/

Social Media:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/jdmeyerson

Book Blurbs:

“If you know Paris, or if it’s just your fantasy destination, Who Needs Paris? will take you there. Told through the eyes of Kate, a confident, driven, sexually curious young woman, I gobbled up every juicy experience she has while finding herself. I loved this book!” — Robin Schiff, Executive Producer, Emily In Paris Screenwriter, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

“A deliciously readable page-turner! Meyerson’s Kate Miller is a heroine with guts and a charming, self-deprecating sense of humor. I found myself wishing I had a time machine so I could experience the sexy, intoxicating Paris of the 60s and 70s depicted in this book. Alas, the best we can do is read Who Needs Paris?”– Nicole Yorkin, Peabody & Writers Guild Award winner, Writer-Executive Producer, Z: The Beginning of Everything, The Killing, The Riches.

“In Joan Meyerson’s fast-moving debut, Paris is a city of second chances, of remakes, of do-overs. Join heroine Kate Miller as she navigates celebrities, passion, sex, food, heartbreak, and, of course, wine, as she reconciles the past and accepts the present. Enjoy the City of Lights through Meyerson’s loving and attentive eyes. Bon voyage!” —Mark Sarvas, Author of Memento Park Winner, American Book Award, the AJL Fiction Award

“A compulsively readable, wise, funny, and sexy tale of one woman’s rise, fall, and rise again over two distinct eras of growth and change. A tart and knowing love letter to Paris in all its beauty, promise, and contradiction. An evocative and absorbing ride! -Gary Goldstein, author of The Last Birthday Party and The Mother I Never Had

“A young American woman’s dream that Paris live up to its “City of Love” fame backfires spectacularly in Joan Meyerson’s brave, sexy, and compelling new novel.” — Eduardo Santiago, author of Tomorrow They Will Kiss.

“Who Needs Paris? Apparently, I did! And so will you as you bounce back and forth between the early 60’s and late 70’s in the City of Lights. It’s smart, sexy, and satisfying. Thanks, Joan!”— Larry Wilmore, co-creator, HBO series Insecure; creator, The Bernie Mac Show, Correspondent, The Daily Show

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