French Postcards

by Norma Klein

READING CREASES AND WEAR ON SPINE. MINOR WEAR ON EDGES OF COVERS. CLEAN PAGES WITH NO WRITING OR MARKS.

Genres: Young Adult

221 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Norma Klein was born in New York City and graduated cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College with a degree in Russian. She later received her master's degree in Slavic languages from Columbia University.

Ms. Klein began publishing short stories while attending Barnard and since then she had written novels for readers of all ages. The author got her ideas from everyday life and advised would-be writers to do the same -- to write about their experiences or things they really care about.

Ms. Klein died in 1989.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alex, Joel, Laura and Melanie are part of a group of American students arriving in Paris to spend a year studying at the Institute of French Studies, run by by Madame Catherine Tessier and her husband Monsieur Tessier. Laura spends much of her time alone, visiting museums and art galleries and regularly sending postcards to her boyfriend back home. Alex is more interested in love and becomes involved with Madame Tessier. Melanie takes advantage of everything, while Joel struggles with indecisiveness until he falls for Toni, a local bookstore employee.
A novelisation of a 1979 film I’ve never seen (but which was written by Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz, which is pedigree enough for me), I picked this up by chance and I’m so glad I did. Briskly written, we only really get to know Alex, Joel and Laura, but they’re good, rounded characters who we can empathise with. I also felt for Madame Tessier, a lady let down by so much in her life. There’s some melancholy, some comedy, but overall there’s a sense of being twenty years old in Paris in the late 70s and finding love. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would very much recommend it.

[Dina · Rating 1 out of 5]

regret reading it :D ..you don't benefit from anything