Paris for One

Jojo Moyes — 2015

Bestselling author Jojo Moyes brings us a charming and heart-warming short story in association with Quick Reads. Nell is twenty-six and has never been to Paris. She has never even been on a weekend away with her boyfriend. Everyone knows she is just not the adventurous type. But, when her boyfriend doesn't turn up for their romantic mini-break, Nell has the chance to prove everyone wrong. Alone in Paris, Nell meets the mysterious moped-riding Fabien and his group of carefree friends. Could this turn out to be the most adventurous weekend of her life? Praise for Jojo Moyes:'Beautifully written' The Sun'A heartbreaking, laugh-out-loud, roller coaster' Sunday Express 'Raw, funny, real and sad, this is storytelling at its best' Marie Claire Jojo Moyes is a novelist and a journalist. She worked at the Independent for ten years before leaving to write full time. Her previous novels have all been critically acclaimed and include The Ship of Brides, Foreign Fruit, The Last Letter From Your Lover, winner of Spring 2012's most popular Richard and Judy Book Club title Me Before You, top ten bestseller The Girl you Left Behind and her most recent novel, number one bestseller The One Plus One. She lives in Essex with her husband and their three children.

Reviews

Mellanie Ann Duque@noshelcontrol

Apr 1, 2023

This is the shortest *short story I have ever read and in my surprise, it is all packed up with good character, setting and story… I was quite afraid to read this at first because the book is really thin, I might left devastated for a short book I told myself. I just love coming back in France for new adventure, more to experience and more people to meet. It is really impressive how the author made this story so short but really satisfying. For me it is so unique and fun to read and quite funny too. Nell’s character is adorable, she’s sweet and I could relate in to her shoes being afraid to go out alone in a strange place. I feel sorry for the misfortunes she had encountered in the story but felt joy when she decided to be happy for herself. I 100% hate her boyfriend for being such a rubbish towards her but made me laugh out load for his sort of punishment in this book. All in all I love the book, It gave me the right amount of satisfaction for a short story that which usually keep you unsatisfied due to it’s size. Though it’s a bit cliff-hanger, it did ended beautiful.

Kate@girlreading

Aug 12, 2021

Such a cute, speedy read. For such a short story it's really well developed. Sometimes the whole being in "the right place at the right time" thing can be very cliche but because this was a short story it worked really well. I feel like this would make such a perfect movie! This was every romantic movie I've ever watched but I loved it!!