Product Description

One Friday afternoon Molly Clearwater walks out of her job, smarting from her boss's taunt that she is 'just a stupid secretary'. Twenty-one, a country girl who has lived her life mainly through the pages of books and in her own imagination. she feels that nothing exciting has ever hapened to her, or ever will. On impulse Molly boards the Eurostar to Paris, emerging into a bewitching world of leafy boulevards, luscious foods, crazy traffic and smouldering Frenchmen. Within hours she’s racing along the Seine on the back of a scooter, infiltrating a conference in a Cleopatra wig, caught up in a roller-blade chase, and tingling with love at the sight of Fabrice, with whom she shares her deepest, darkest secret. The weekend turns into a dizzying carousel-ride of passion, excitement and self-discovery. By Sunday night Molly is a new person.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #121924 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Terry Prone, Irish Independent
"Tightly plotted, fast-paced enjoyable escapism"

Tatler
"Wacky, far-fetched and thoroughly readable"

MEG CABOT (author of Boy Meets Girl and The Princess Diaries)
'Weekend in Paris shines as brightly as the City of Light itself.'

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable
Molly Clearwater, the heroine of this book, is a likeable character although a bit naive. Escaping the clutches of her sleazy English boss she takes the Eurostar to Paris on a whim and ends up going on a mad weekend adventure. At times it all seems a bit far fetched but there are some great characters here such as Molly's slightly mad mother! It's pure escapism and although perhaps I didn't love it as much as some of Sysman's earlier offerings such as Just Friends, I did enjoy reading this book on holidays and it was a very pleasant way to while away the time. If you love Paris then you will like this as the author depicts the magical essence of Paris extremely well.

Not quite sure why this didn't work...
The premise of the book was good, just what I usually like in chick lit, from an intelligent author. I usually rank Robyn Sisman along with Jane Green and Lisa Jewell, for having that extra bit of emotional analysis, as well as readability. But....I liked the heroine, the way she was so dreamy and kept refering back to books she'd read was a good character detail. But the invasion of the secondary characters almost the moment Molly (heroine) got to Paris, straight away made the whole thing feel hugely contrived. It raced along, everyone getting very close very quickly, so open, so unguarded. I know this sort of thing is *supposed* to be escapism, but it tested my suspension of disbelief beyond enjoyment. I finished it, and liked the optimism of the ending....but this wasn't a patch on Ms Sisman's other books - which I'd suggest a first time reader of hers try first. Disappointed, and sorry to be so.

Robyn Sisman scores again
Molly Clearwater is quite unlike Robyn Sisman's previous heroines, less sophisticated than her predecessors, but nobody's fool and a believeable and rounded character. A torrent of emotions and events pours through this delightful and enjoyable story. The pace never slackens and the sustained narrative drive keeps you turning the pages and wanting to know how it will all end and how will Molly emerge from all the personal and family turmoils. Unexpected twists of the plot surprise the reader on almost every page. In the background there is Paris and Sisman's love of that place comes through loud and clear in the brilliant evocations of places, buildings, parks and food markets. Then there are the Parisians themselves, their slang, their attitudes, their clubbing, so different from what Molly has been used to. The love story is strong, but Molly's involvement with other characters and her wry take on their foibles, not excepting her own relatives, provide a rich skein of plot. A wonderful read.