
In Reichl's bestselling "The Paris Novel," a young woman's culinary journey through 1980s Paris captivates Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nigella Lawson alike. What secrets of French cuisine and self-discovery await in this James Beard Lifetime Achievement winner's sumptuous, "giddy, escapist confection"?
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The black chiffon dress in the Parisian boutique window seemed to call to Stella Knightley. When she tried it on, the garment transformed her-making her serious face touchingly sensual and her gray eyes mysteriously smoky. Though spending her inheritance on such extravagance felt wrong, this dress became the first breadcrumb on a path to discovering not just her family's secrets but her own identity. Paris wasn't Stella's choice. Her mother Celia-a woman who insisted she "was not born to be anyone's mother"-had left her final instruction after dying in a taxi accident: "Go to Paris," along with funds for the trip. Stella had spent her life creating rigid routines that Celia mocked, finding sanctuary in museums where she could "be alone in a crowd." Now, without Celia as her counterpoint, Stella's carefully constructed life felt hollow. What awaited her in the City of Light would challenge everything she thought she knew about herself. What transforms us isn't always what we expect. Sometimes it's a dress with "Severine" on its label, an oyster that tastes like the ocean, or a painting of a forgotten woman artist who refuses to be defined by others' perceptions. For Stella, Paris offered not just a journey through cobblestone streets, but a passage to her authentic self.
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