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It's My Fair Lady in Paris in this long-lost, wildly entertaining, highly acclaimed bestseller, finally back in print for the first time in over 90 years.

Vivacious but penniless Barbara Winship leaves Savannah to live in 1930s Paris with the Selbys, her lovable middle-aged Aunt and Uncle from the Old South, who've managed to fit in comfortably with the French bourgeoise... and are determined to see that their niece does, too. But she's a beautiful charmer, and if they aren't careful, it's their lives that are going to change.

"A delightful book. It is written with zest, with the greatest of gaiety and good will. The whole story is rollicking and real....very refreshing and very human." New York Times

"Let us thank Anne Green for proving a book may be written of American life in Paris away from the pattern of Ernest Hemingway. She has written with a simplicity of heart, quaint humor, and the power to see and feel the drama of the panorama which passes before her." Oakland Tribune

"Much of the charm of the book likes in the author's gusto for whimsy. The best-drawn character in the book is Aunt Virginia, with her sudden enthusiasms, her keen sense of humor. Add to the qualities a kind heart and nimble tongue, and you have as loveble a character as may be found in modern fiction." Muskogee Times

"Green has created her own world and it isn't like any other cosmos in contemporary fiction. Thoroughly delightful and unusual comedy." Saturday Review of Literature

"Excellent writing and witty satire." New York World

"Should be in the bon voyage basket of anyone going abroad." Chicago Daily News

"It a clever novel. It is a darn sight cleverer than anything you can say about it." Philadelphia Record

"This book rises to distinction, buoyed up by its very uncommon wit and the weight and meaning of its wit." New York Sun

"No mere critic can capture on paper the exact effervescent quality that is to be found in an Anne Green story. There is a madcap quality that is irresistible." Palm Beach Post

"A mirth-provoking surprise. Combines humor with wisdom in a blend of iridescent charm. Such writing is rare." Philadelphia Inquirer

"A light-hearted and engaging tale. Green achieves a delightful interplay of national traits. The resultant mixture is fine and subtle comedy." Dayton Herald

"A witty, sparkling account of life in Paris as lived by Americans there -- extremely entertaining. Green writes with a combination of naivete and sophistication." Savannah Press

"Reveals an astonishingly subtle insight into the follies and foibles of utterly human folk and influences us to love them for, and despite, those very follies and foibles." Winston-Salem Journan & Sentinel

"Green writes with a gay insouciance that is an engaging novelty in this day of savage realism and biting satire." Detroit Free Press

"A delightful novel. It sparkles in description as well as conversation." Richmond Times-Dispatch

"A first novel, by an apparently sophisticated author, It's exuberance is at times almost too much for it, but is always infectious. It has gusto, gaiety, humor." Time Magazine

"Gay innocence enlivens The Selbys. One feels that the author must have lived much of this simple gayety herself and enjoyed it all immensely, to be able to report so many of its homely and fetching details." The Atlantic

"An exceeding clever and interesting first novel," Evening Star

"Charm and gayety and a facile wit, combined with a rare ability at characterization, mark this much-talked-of novel, to which I have come belatedly, so much so, that any praise of Miss Green's achievement is only another drop in a veritable sea of approval." Dayton Times


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781957868653
  • Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
  • Publisher Imprint: Cutting Edge Books
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 296
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1957868651
  • Publisher Date: 11 Mar 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 394 gr


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