Our Own Piece of Paris – Ellie Nielsen
We had two weeks. There were two of us and nine million of them. The odds were not good… An entirely delightful and compelling account of one couple’s attempt to buy their dream flat in Paris. Ellie Nielsen studied acting before graduating to a very small role in Prisoner: Cell Block H. In the 1990s she worked at the Playbox Theatre Company as a publicist, curator and a script assessor. After the birth of her son she started writing. |
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We had two weeks. There were two of us and nine million of them. The odds were not good… An entirely delightful and compelling account of one couple’s attempt to buy their dream flat in Paris. If you thought A Year in the Merde was merveilleux, and Why French Women Don’t Get Fat was fantastique, then this is for you! Paris has seduced many, but for Ellie Nielsen it’s true love. So deep is her infatuation that, if she can’t have it all to herself, she simply has to buy her own piece of it. The object of her desire seems so simple: the sort of apartment she’s seen a thousand times in magazines and books. Something effortlessly charming, and old, and quirky – and beautifully done up. A place exuding character and Parisian chic. Something quintessentially French. |
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Expat Tales | Keith Eckstein June 19, 2010