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Hanging Up my High Heels for a New Life in France
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Hanging Up my High Heels for a New Life in France
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In her mid-thirties, Karen has it all: a career as a fashion editor, a handsome boyfriend, a fab flat in west London and an array of gorgeous shoes. But when her 'plus one' leaves, she wonders if there is more to life than high fashion. So, she hangs up her Manolos and waves goodbye to her city lifestyle, deciding to go it alone in a run-down house in rural Poitou-Charentes, western France.
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1 primary bookKaren Wheeler memoir is a 1-book series first released in 2009 with contributions by Karen Wheeler.
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I'd have been sad if I'd bought rather than been given this little memoir of a woman's decision to ditch her life as an editor for a high fashion magazine in London and head off for a new life in a rural village in France. It was still a big waste of three hours; I'd have rather spent the time clipping my toenails and washing my windows. Such a promising cover, too, with a woman in flipflops carrying a big wicker tote with loaves of fresh bread and purple lavender sticking out. But, no, the book was one long whine, of the I miss my sorry-no-good boyfriend who left me for a younger woman sort. The move to France didn't seem to turn out to be the life-changing event the author had hoped for either; I wonder if she moved away from the little town in France or if she is still trying to make a new life there.
Two thumbs down.
