The Paris Model, Alexandra Joel
The Paris Model, Alexandra Joel
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The Paris Model
A Novel

Author: Alexandra Joel

Narrator: Katherine Littrell

Unabridged: 10 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2020

Synopsis

A lush debut novel in the vein of Kathleen Tessaro’s international bestseller, Elegance, about a beautiful woman working as a model for Christian Dior in postwar Paris, who discovers astonishing secrets about herself and the fabulous people around her.
Raised on a vast Australian sheep farm, the beautiful Grace Woods is compelled to travel to tumultuous, postwar Paris in order to start a new life. While working as a glamorous model for Christian Dior, the world’s newly acclaimed emperor of fashion, Grace mixes with counts and princesses, authors and artists, diplomats and politicians. Amongst those she befriends are Pablo Picasso, Julia Child, and the future Jackie Kennedy. But when Grace falls in love with the handsome Phillippe Boyer, she doesn’t know that he is leading a double life, nor that his past might hold secrets and lies that will turn her life upside down. Based on a true story, The Paris Model by debut fiction author Alexandra Joel, is an unforgettable tale of glamour, family secrets, and heartbreak.

About Alexandra Joel

Alexandra is the former editor of Harper’s Bazaar and of Portfolio, Australia’s first magazine for working women. She has also been a regular contributor to The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend Magazine. Alexandra has two children and lives in Sydney with her husband. She ensures that she visits Paris on a regular basis and can be found on Instagram at alexandra.joel 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on September 02, 2020

Grace leaves her home in the Australian outback to find herself in Paris after the war. She works as a mannequin for Christian Dior, and this opens the door for her in many ways. She falls in love with a man who happens to be a spy. Grace’s character is complex and relatable in that search for hersel......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on August 12, 2020

The Paris Model is a wonderfully written historical romance adventure, inspired by a true story. It has drama, excitement, love, secrets, loss and sacrifice. It’s also about finding out who you really are. It’s 1948, Grace Woods is living life on an Australian Sheep station in Brookfield and when an......more

Goodreads review by Brooke - One Woman's Brief Book Reviews on May 21, 2020

*www.onewomansbbr.wordpress.com *www.facebook.com/onewomansbbr The Paris Model by Alexandra Joel. (2020). After a shocking discovery, Grace leaves her vast Australian sheep station and travels to tumultuous post-war Paris in order to find her true identity. While working as a mannequin for Christian Di......more

Goodreads review by Veronica ⭐️ on January 24, 2020

*[URL not allowed] Alexandra Joel takes her readers from the serenity and isolation of the Australian outback to the catwalks of Christian Dior in Paris. The story then moves from Paris to the tranquility of the French countryside. Through a young Grace Woods we experience the......more

Goodreads review by Karren on May 02, 2020

Thanks to NetGalley, Harpercollins Publishers Australia and Alexandra Joel for my copy of: The Paris Model. Brookfield homestead New South Wales, Australia, in 1934, Grace lives on a sheep station with her parents, Alfred and Olive Woods. Grace had a happy childhood, she enjoys living in the Austral......more

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