“Paris was the Place” Book Review
*This post contains spoilers I enjoy listening to TED talks. I find them informative and the speakers captivate my attention by using a creative way to deliver their speeches. One such TED talk was "The power of story" by the writer/poet Susan Conley. A few days after listening to Conley’s talk, I was checking out the “Bargain Books” section at Indigo and picked up a book that had an interesting title: Paris was the Place. It was only after reading the story’s description on the book’s jacket that I decided to buy it. Then my eyes caught the author’s name and I laughed at the coincidence. I always search for books by certain authors; never have the books found me. "Paris was the Place" is full of life. It's 1989 and the protagonist, Willow Pears, teaches poetry at an academy as well as at an immigration center for girls. She becomes involved in one of the girls' lives at the center which leads to the question of where the l...