LOST IN PARIS was a fast, entertaining read. Hannah Bond has put a whole ocean between herself and the mother who was absent for most of her childhood. Fully enjoying her career as a Jane Austen literary tour guide, Hannah has absolutely no interest in her mother's sudden arrival in London on New Year's Eve. Hannah is so sure her mother will embarrass her with her friends, but Marla (the mother) swears she is sober and wants to start again with her daughter. Plus she has a surprise, a document she found while cleaning out the house she and Hannah inherited from Marla's mother back in Florida. That document, a deed, will send the two to Paris to investigate an apartment that they never knew existed. Interspersed between Hannah and Marla's story are diary entries written by Ivy (Hannah's great-grandmother) as she moved to Paris in 1927 with hopes to be a clothing designer. What Ivy finds instead of a design career is an entry into what would become the famous literary circle of the 20's and 30's. While I liked the literary references, especially those to Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, the whole diary entries and that story line seemed lacking. Rather than an in-depth story of Ivy and the love she found, the entries seem a mechanical means to explaining why the apartment exists.

But that apartment! What a treasure! A devotee to House Hunters International, especially those episodes featuring Paris, I could close my eyes and imagine the exquisite, old fashioned apartment once inhabited by Ivy and now discovered by Hannah and her mom. I could also imagine the streets, the book stalls, and the river. Equally, I could imagine the food which plays its own role in Hannah's story. For her ability to capture setting alone, I would probably read another Elizabeth Thompson book. I received a copy of this title from Netgalley. All opinions are mine.

I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book is well written and the characters are described well. This book is set in London, England, Paris, France andOrlando, Florida. I adored Hannah and Aiden's characters. The pacing of this book is good. It makes you want to visit each place in person. It is enjoyable comparing Aiden to Mr. Darcy. This book is in stores for $16.99 (USD).

Lost in Paris by Elizabeth Thompson is one of my favorite books this year! I absolutely loved it! Very well-written, very fleshed out, very much a great story. I hated for it to end (although I really needed to go to bed!!). The book is about Hannah and her mom, Marla. The two do not have the best relationship, as Marla usually left Hannah to stay with her Gram while she flitted from man to man during Hannah's childhood. Now Hannah is an adult giving Jane Austen tours in England when Marla shows up with a deed to a Paris apartment and a key. Apparently, the apartment belonged to Hannah's great grandma Ivy. When they go to the apartment, they find it exactly as she left in in 1940! What follows is an adventure that will warm your heart and make you want to go see Paris! Adored this book and wish there was more!
Thanks to #NetGalley for the chance to read and review. All opinions are my own.
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This book was so sweet and fun. I loved this so much! I am such a huge bookworm and in love in Paris so it was so fun to read about my dream life.

Lost in Paris, by Elizabeth Thompson, is a historical drama that will appeal to fans of literature, mystery and armchair travel to the city of light. Told through the alternating voices of a young woman and her great-grandmother, it's a story that weaves together relationships against a tumultuous backdrop of war, secrets, and the bohemian, artistic life.

Set in modern day London and 1920s-40s Paris, the book gives both a view of protagonist Hannah and her great-grandmother Ivy's lives. When Hannah and her mother, Marla, travel to Paris to the apartment that Ivy has left to their inheritance, they discover much about both Ivy's interesting life and also, about themselves.

For readers who enjoy stories of family ties with a touch of mystery, intrigue and the effervescence of Parisian life - Lost in Paris will be a treat to savor. .

I really enjoyed this novel – it was a good story, filled with mystery, drama, and a splash of romance. I didn’t realize until after I’d read the book that it was inspired by a real-life event in 2011, when the apartment of a Parisian woman was opened for the first time in 70 years and proved to be a time capsule for that earlier era. I recently read another book based on the same premise, and thought it was an uncanny coincidence. I enjoyed this novel just as much, although it was very different.

I love dual timeline tales, and this one worked really well. The characters are well-drawn, both flawed and deeply human, and I loved the relationship between the mother and daughter. Kudos to Elizabeth Thompson.

Thank you NetGalley for the introduction to this author. I will read more of her work.

This story was such a great escape! Family, secrets, an old apartment in Paris…I was captured at page one and couldn’t put it down.
Many thanks to Gallery Books and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Even though I was a few chapters short of finishing this book before it expired, I enjoyed this book a lot and ended up purchasing the book because I had to finish it and find out how it all ended. .I enjoyed how it was written and the connections between multiple generations. Part of me enjoys the story that was in the story more than the strained relationship Hannah has with her mother. This book shows how history repeats itself in the most coincidental ways all while new memories are being created and time moves forward. I love reading different perspective historical fiction. I have already recommended this book to many! Thanks NetGalley!!

I was in a reading slump until I read tgis! A first by me by This author will not be my last ! Hannah's grandma does and when a seed to a Paris apartment shows up she goes to see what is there. What she finds is so much more than she ever imagined! What we know of our family members or even friend can surprise us. A beautiful story! Loved it

Lost in Paris is written in two timelines featuring the contemporary and the past in epistolary format (which I have always loved the latter). I enjoyed the relationship building between mother and daughter thru the connection of Hannah's great-grandmother's Paris flat. Whereas I thought the daughter/mother relationship building was executed well, Hannah's relationship with Aiden was flat, rushed, and unbelievable. Overall, I enjoyed the story but would have enjoyed it better had the writing flowed better.
This was given to me as an ARC book via NETGally.

I have mixed feelings about this book. I didn’t hate it, but I also didn’t love it. I feel like there was a lot of characters, and it was a little confusing at times. I also feel like the author introduced some characters that didn’t have a story. They just disappeared after talking about them for a little while. I liked the family secrets, but the sad part was too rushed. The whole ending was rushed in my opinion. I wish we had gotten more story of what happened between Hannah and Aiden after instead of the little we got. It was a feel good book at times, so that definitely helped me get into it!

Thank you Simon Audio for the gifted audiobook.

This book is contemporary fiction with a sprinkle of historical fiction in the form of diary entries. Hannah is an American expat in London guiding Jane Austen themed tours when her grandmother who raised her dies and her estranged mother. Marla, shows up in London with a deed to a Paris apartment she found among the deceased's possessions. This leads Hannah and Marla on a road to discover who Hannah's great-grandmother was and how maybe Grandma Ivy can heal the wounds between mother and daughter as her story is uncovered. We get cameos from members of The Lost Generation like Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Pablo Picasso. This story felt light and fluffy as I read it while still dealing with heavy topics. I was fully immersed in this one. Plus the narration by Emily Tremaine and Imogen Church had me stealing moments to go listen to more.

Lost in Paris is a story about estranged mother and daughter who find themselves coming together when an apartment is left to them. Will they be able to mend their differences? The story is told in dual timelines. I enjoyed this book and the scenery of Paris. Thank you @NetGalley, @GalleryBooks and @ElizabethThompson for the advance readers copy for my honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley, I received Lost in Paris, the debut novel by Elizabeth Thompson . This dual timeline novel covers an estranged mother and daughter who reunite through an inherited Parisian apartment. Following the clues, secrets and surprises are revealed as relationships are repaired and family becomes reunited. Told through diary entries and present day accounts, this story was nostalgic and compelling.

Lost in Paris
By Elizabeth Thompson

Hannah and her mom have a hard relationship, but will an apartment in Paris that’s been dropped in to their laps help them. So off to Paris they go to open an 80 year old apartment and find secrets kept long buried.

I love Elizabeth choice to use Ivy’s diary to connect the past with the present. And with Hannah reading each page you are hearing the life of Ivy. And all that’s gone on before.

Lost in Paris is filled with wonderful characters and has everything you could want in a book. Intrigue, romance, complex families that are trying to work their way together again.

I loved this book, it makes you think of all that’s hear and what was left behind.

I was loaned this temp E-book from NetGalley for my honest opinion.

I would highly recommend it to anyone, it was a wonderful reading experience.

I loved "Lost in Paris." Normally, I'd say this isn't my type of book. Part romance, part family drama, but it really was a well-told story. This novel follows a young woman with a blossoming career and a checkered relationship with her mother, who suddenly finds them thrown together because of family history and a new, exciting discovery.

This discovery brings them to Paris and the possibility of new things for their lives, some good, some bad, in the City of Light. I highly recommend "Lost in Paris," both for those into this type of story and for those who loves Paris.

3.5 Stars ~ Rounded

Told from the perspective of Hannah for the most part – she'd fled her mother and a life of tumult to take a job that suited the bookworm perfectly: leading Jane Austen-themed tours in the English countryside. Her relationship with her mother Marla has always been tense: Marla’s alcoholism, her secretive past and Hannah’s lack of knowledge about her own father have only added to the stress. So much so that Hannah was raised (and relied on) her grandmother Ivy for stability and love. But Ivy has since passed, and when Hannah arrives home to find her mother there, complete with a deed to an apartment in Paris that neither knew of, and a few pages of the younger Ivy’s diary – the story takes flight.

Using a bit of the past informed by Ivy’s diary – the two learn that Ivy had befriended the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and others in her time in the city – as she sought her own acknowledgment as a fashion designer. With descriptions of Paris in the early part of the 20th century, the stories of the arts culture, the vibe and the people – that part of the story is enchanting and gives readers the need to discover the places (some still there – others not) that are detailed. It is also during this time of discovery for Hannah and Marla that Marla is able to relive her past before Hannah, and the two are slowly able to work out their own relationship troubles all while trying to clear out an apartment that had been shuttered since the 1940’s and forgotten (or unknown) ever since.

Hannah was the star here – her own comfort and confidence in the books she loved so much – her questions about her own past, her mother and even her grandmother, and for it all to take place in Paris gave a background and setting that was itself a character. The two (Marla and Hannah) had tons to work through, and there were more times than not that it felt (at least in Hannah’s view) near impossible, that finding the slow resolutions and a better understanding felt plausible, if mitigated in the drama somewhat by the beauty that is described both in the current day and through Ivy’s diaries. The complexities of weaving past and present worked, if the overlaying of the relationship between Hannah and Marla was predominant. An interesting and intriguing story sure to fuel your dreams of walking the streets of Paris for yourself.

I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

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Hannah is a tour guide in Britain, far away from her alcoholic mother in Florida, until her mother suddenly appears at her door one evening. She brings a deed to an apartment in Paris that was discovered in her great-grandmother's attic. Hannah is skeptical, but agrees to check it out. They discover the apartment, and its contents lead to a discovery of their ancestor's life. The history includes interactions with all sorts of famous people of the 1940s, and this makes the whole story so interesting. The people were believable, and the story line held my interest. And, of course, the setting in Paris made it even more attractive! A great read!

Lost in Paris is the story of Hannah Bond, who is working as a Jane Austen tour guide in England when she receives word that she and her estranged mother, Marla, have inherited an apartment in Paris that belonged to her great-grandmother Ivy long ago. They discover the apartment has been unused for decades and set out to unravel the mysteries of Ivy's life.

I wanted to read this book because I'm a Francophile. I also was intrigued by the mention of Jane Austen tours and a perfectly preserved Parisian apartment from the 1920's.

Lost in Paris is a delightful read! It is different than I expected. There is less historical fiction content, although there are diary entries by Ivy from the 1920's - 1940's in the book, so there is a historical element.

The time capsule Parisian apartment full of treasures from 1927 - 1940 was a dream to read about! The author included so many intriguing details.

At heart, Lost in Paris is not historical fiction but women's fiction about the relationship between an adult daughter and her estranged mother. It was moving and a rewarding read.

I recommend this book highly for fans of women's fiction - with an interest in the past, for Francophiles, and for anyone looking for an engrossing weekend read.

An enjoyable read. Liked the characters and the Paris setting in two time periods. Interesting concept of finding out your ancestor was, in her youth, a completely different person than you thought she was.