Return to Paris

In 'Apricots On The Nile', Colette Rossant's bestselling memoir, we left her as a fifteen-year-old sailing to her mother's family in France. It is 1947 and Paris is recovering from the war. As soon as they arrive, Colette's mother abandons her yet again, leaving her with her grandmother. Lonely, frightened and homesick, Colette finds solace in the kitchen with the cook, Georgette, and discovers a love for French food. Colette finally settles in Paris and at sixteen, upon meeting a dashing young American, she never looks back...Rossant, Colette is the author of 'Return to Paris ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780753198834 and ISBN 0753198835.