I absolutely adored this book! Lost in Paris by Elizabeth Thompson was an absolute delight. This book starts out in present day London but quickly moves to Paris when main character Hannah’s mother shows up unannounced with a recently found deed to an apartment in Paris that had belonged to Hannah’s great-grandmother. The story moves between present day and late 1920’s and 1930’s Paris, with short diary entry “flashbacks” written by Granny Ivy as she tried to make her way in the fashion industry of 1920’s Paris, but ended up palling around with the likes of Earnest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others! The tumultuous relationship between Hannah and her mother plays a significant role and Thompson does an incredible job of adding many layers to the characters, showing their vulnerabilities and setting up the reader to root for each one. I couldn’t get enough and can’t wait for more by this author. 5 stars!

When I read about the apartment that was found untouched after 70 years in Paris's 9th arrondissement I was hoping someone would take that premise and write about it and Elizabeth Thompson has done just that in her novel Lost in Paris. In her novel, Hannah Bond, who had a rough childhood with an alcholic mother, returns to her Florida home to find her mother at her doorstep, with her legacy in hand. Her grandmother, who had passed away, had left her the deed to an apartment in Paris, a key and some articles about an artist named Andres Armand.

We follow Hannah and her mother as they discover the apartment which has been untouched since the 1940s and as they learn much more about Hannah's grandmother's life and loves and what brought her to abandon this beautiful property. Told with beautiful detail, humor and understanding, this novel is a good look into broken mother/daughter relationships and what it takes to mend them.

Thank you to the author, Gallery Books and NetGalley for an ARC of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

This is a lot more of a romance than I realized. It is definitely too fluffy for me. I had thought there would be more to the story.

Lost in Paris was so enjoyable! I loved the story and the way the author switched between two eras within a family and how it finally all comes together. I visited Paris back in HS and this just made me want to go back that much more. The history mixed in as well was perfection. I will most definitely recommend this book.

I highly enjoyed this book. When Hannah’s gram dies her mother,Marla, finds a deed to an apartment in Paris. Neither one of them ever knew about this. So Marla convinces Hannah to go with her to Paris to see what this is all about. Marla is Hannah’s mother but at times their roles were reversed. Marla didn’t really raise Hannah, so their relationship was very contentious. With this apartment, Marla is trying to heal the wounds between them. Although, I still felt Marla acted like a teen most of the time. Not only are you following their story, you also get diary entries from Hannah’s great-grandmother from when she first went to Paris in the 20’s. So, of course, she meets a lot of famous people from the Lost Generation. I loved those parts! The book had family drama, romance, history, and Paris. You can’t go wrong!

*Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

Hannah is an American living and working in London. When her mother Marla shows up unexpectedly she discovers that together they have inherited her great-grandmother Ivy's Paris apartment that neither knew existed. Hannah agrees to travel to Paris with Marla. Grandmother Ivy's story is told by diary entries through out the book. Lost in Paris is a very entertaining book full of family secrets and mother/daughter relationships. I enjoyed the descriptions of Paris by the author. If you like historical fiction you will enjoy this book. Thanks to the author Elizabeth Thompson, publisher Gallery Books, and NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review.

Paris is one of my most favorite places in the world, so I am always drawn to books that are set there and this book was no exception. The imagery in this novel was so beautiful that I could picture myself strolling the Parisian streets with Hannah. I cannot even imagine being in Hannah and Marla's shoes and getting the opportunity to inherit an abandoned apartment in Paris, what a complicated adventure this would have been. I think the author did a beautiful job navigating all the emotions of the situation. My only complaint is that the ending felt very abrupt. I would have liked to have seen more. Thank you to Netgalley and Gallery Books for the ARC.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. Hannah, a bookworm, gives book tours in London of well known events in Author's lives. Her Great Grandma Ivy passes away and her mom Marla has agreed to clean out the house. Marla finds letters and a deed to an apartment in Paris. Between her and Hannah, they step back in time reading the letters they found and the diaries in the apartment in Paris to piece this mystery life back together. Sweet story. Loved it! #lostinparis #ElizabethThompson #May2021

An entertaining book with thoroughly enjoyable characters. I loved how the relationship between Hannah and her mom developed and strengthened as the book progresses. I love any story about Paris, but this one stood out. Finding out how the great grandma lived her life added a whole new element to the book and I could just imaging through the vivid descriptions of Paris how it must have been in those days. This book would be great for any book club!

Fantastic book.

Hannah hasn’t been able to count on many people in her life, starting with her mom. Despite living in another country from her mother Marla, one day her mom just shows up unexpectedly. She makes a shocking announcement to Hannah. When Marla was going through the stuff left behind in her own mother’s home, she found information about a house in Paris that belonged to her grandmother.

No one knew anything about Granny Ivy’s life in Paris and they sure didn’t know she’d left them her apartment.

Hannah has to take some time away from her job as a Jane Austen tour guide to go to Paris with Marla to figure everything out.

But this only leads to more questions. It seems like Hannah’s great grandmother had quite an amazing life in Paris.

Ivy’s portion of the story is told through diary entries from Paris in the 1920’s and 30’s.

Very enjoyable story. Great attention to detail. Good characters. Likable love interests. A bit of talk of delicious food, site seeing and name dropping of famous artists of the 30’s. I loved it.

I got to read an early ebook edition from NetGalley. Thank you, I’ll definitely be recommending this book to others.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my digital copy in exchange for an honest review. Honestly? There is a good chance I will request any fiction book having to do with Paris...and some nonfiction. So I requested it just based on the title and I liked the cover of it as well but once I read what it was actually about, I couldn't wait to get into it. This would be a dream come true for me :) Hannah and her mother have a strained relationship due to past events but suddenly, an apartment in Paris that none of them even knew about drops in to their laps through an inheritance...now not only do they have to work together and get along to go check it out but they also have to decide if they want to or even CAN keep it. Imagine the inheritance tax that will apply having sat empty for so many years...While they are diving into this apartment and trying to get it clean, they are both falling in love with the city of Paris and they are also diving into Ivy's diaries and learning of HER times when she first came to Paris. I think I liked the story within a story just as much as I liked Hannah and her Mom's story. Loved the book overall.

I enjoyed the book, especially when reading the pages of the diary that gave a glimpse of life in Paris during the roaring twenties. I understand the author's intent to use the present as an introduction to the past, for me reading the history of life back then was what I loved. Yet reading the present day part of the story gives you the hope that the mother/daughter relationship becomes less strained.
There have been a few books written with a Paris apartment as a premise. This book stands out among them.

A perfect book to get lost in as we are in our first cold snap of the season. There are many layers to this story, and it is very beautifully written. The words sucked me quickly and did not want to let go. Hannah gets a New Year’s Eve surprise visit from her mother. The discovery of a deed in a trunk starts an adventure, it begins with a time capsule in the form of a 1940’s Paris Apartment. The stories being told by the abandoned apartment included a bit of a mystery, lots of history, and many secrets being revealed. Hannah and her mother, who is a piece of work, need to work together. Can relationships be repaired; lives will be changed from the inheritance of the apartment.

Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for the advanced copy for my voluntary review.

This review will go to Amazon on Release day, and Goodreads approx. March 13, 2021.

This book is a dreamy fiction novel with hints of history. We span over generations via 1920's diary entries and the present day perspective. There are a ton of strong female protagonists in this one! I especially loved the family matriarch, Ivy. She was way ahead of her time. Back when women were supposed to marry who they were told and stay home tending to children and chores, she moved to culturally rich Paris to follow her dreams in fashion. She parties with the likes of Ernest Hemmingway and Scott Fitzgerald. Emily Thompson writes a great descriptive atmosphere and dialogue. You can feel the magic of the Paris streets and the elegance of the frozen in time 1940's apartment . In the present day, we can cut Hannah and Marla's mother daughter tension with a cheese knife. I felt the struggles of these two trying to get past their estrangement. But can they? I was hooked on their story. This isn't a typical cheesy Parisian love story- this is a family love story. In the end it is a light, heartfelt and heartbreaking contemporary novel. Thank you NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

When you inherit an apartment in Paris you change your life. follow along as the pair discover life in Paris. Great read for mother daughter fans.

Thank you NetGalley and Simon and schuster for this e arc

Things I loved:
Paris setting,
Walking the streets with her in Paris
Aiden storyline.
Hannah’s character - very likeable
The beginning started off adorable.
Character development was very well done. Along with the writing as well.
The ending was lovely ! I loved reading her correspondence instead of the diary- I wish the story would’ve had more letters like that.


Things I didn’t love:
Marla - I wanted to like her but I just found her storyline a bit dull. The mother daughter dynamic storyline got boring as a whole.
Skipping the kiss in Paris with aiden - it was brushed off too quickly as an aftermath, and as a reader that storyline was cute and I would’ve wanted to be first hand experiencing the kiss in the present with her.
The diary - eeeeek - I love the idea behind 1920s Paris and reading about Scott and Zelda but it was too scattered and didn’t feel emotional enough, there wasn’t thorough enough character build in the diary pages I feel I never really knew the grand mother.

Overall I’d rate this book a 3 ish. I didn’t love it and some of the storyline I felt bored but it was still a cute book and I’ll eat up all the Paris settings.

Thank you NetGalley for this great read from Elizabeth Thompson. Lost in Paris was so enjoyable. I loved the story and the way the author switched between two eras within a family. As the book progresses, you see how it all comes together. The characters were likable and believable. Most of the book was set in Paris and I liked how the author weaved in the history of Paris. I will most definitely recommend this book.

Read an advanced copy of Lost in Paris, by Elizabeth Thompson. This was a good book. The characters were nice, the setting was lovely. I really mother/daughter stories, and this is a good one.

What would you do if you and your mother inherited a vintage apartment in Paris? What if that apartment once belonged to your great-grandmother would you want to keep it in the family or sell it for a nice sum of money? That is the question and the core of this book.

Hannah Bond and her mother Marla quite surprisingly inherit a vintage Parisian apartment frozen in time since 1940. Never had they known anything about this inheritance or the fact that it even existed. The two have a difficult relationship, they have never gotten along as Marla is a recovering alcoholic (supposedly) as well as a "free spirit" and her daughter, Hannah, quite the opposite is a down-to-earth young woman. Having no choice, together they take a trip to Paris to see the apartment. Looking as if someone still lives there, underneath the cobwebs and years of dust is a gem. Discovering a diary written in 1927 by Ivy, Hannah's great-grandmother, we find a treasure trove of the times. Between its pages are the likes of such personalities as Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Picasso, Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda, etc. all of whom rubbed elbows with Ivy. There are more finds, original paintings, a manuscript for a book that perhaps was or was not published as well as 5 more journals. As we read along, we find more information about the family, the great-grandmother, the grandmother and the relationships they all had with Marla, all there enabling the reader to understand what made Marla the person she is. .

I enjoyed the book, especially when reading the pages of the diary that gave a glimpse of life in Paris during the "roaring twenties." I can understand the author's intent to use the present as an introduction to the past, for me reading the history of life back then was what I loved. Yet reading the present day part of the story gives you the hope that the mother/daughter relationship becomes less strained. Ah, Ms.Thompson merci de partager votre talent et de nous offrir un bon livre.

To answer the first question there is no doubt I would much rather keep a vintage Parisian apartment. For the many Francophiles out there, no doubt I know their answers as well.

My thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed reading this book. The story was well thought out, but the relationship between the mother and daughter has issues that are not consistent. It is an interesting read though with references to famous authors, painters, etc from years gone by. I would recommend this book.