An American Homeless In Paris
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An American Homeless In Paris
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Author : Chris Ames
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
An American Homeless In Paris written by Chris Ames and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Before a post-divorce road trip Chris Ames had been ensconced in French domesticity, with a wife, two children, and a regular job. Returning to Paris after that trip, he became an American vagabond and seeker who, lacking sufficient means and motivation to pay the rent and invest again in permanence, opted for homelessness. He soon found an unexpected place to pitch his tent--an abandoned golf course. Ames recounts a full year spent living there, with little baggage, through snow and heat, while commuting to his job as an English teacher in the city. Developing his urban-survivor skills, he rekindles relationships, starts others, offers glimpses of Parisian society--homeless and not--and ruminates on direction and the lack thereof. Ames circles serious questions, rarely losing a sense of irony, bewilderment, or amusement, especially at his circumstances, with their inherent discomforts, risks, and not-so-reassuring self-revelation. As readers see him stumble into renewed social bonds, his skewed searching and unconventional existence will engage and sometimes befuddle them. "I'm not saying become homeless, but do understand it opens many doors, and helps us appreciate the doors we can close."--from the introduction Winner of the Nonfiction Award in the Utah Division of Arts and Museums Original Writing Competition
One Foot In Front Of The Other
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Author : Ann Webb
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse
Release Date : 2022-10-18
One Foot In Front Of The Other written by Ann Webb and has been published by Skyhorse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
American Ann Webb saved up all year to treat herself to a European vacation in Spain and France. But when she tried to leave Paris at the end of her trip, her discount flight was cancelled due to an AirFrance pilot strike, and new ticket prices jumped to heights beyond her means, effectively stranding her in Paris without enough money to get home. After a confusing and disappointing encounter at the American embassy, where they refused to help her return to the States, Webb wound up homeless; she slept outside and sought aid (often without success) from French shelters and relief programs. Faced with the reality of street life and other challenges that most Americans would find daunting, she worked to scrape out a living in a strange foreign country. In her extraordinary account, Webb recounts how she managed to survive in a world dominated by often predatory men. Her abilities to find food, shelter, and even friendship in a harsh, relentless environment proved truly extraordinary, and her courage to completely remake her life when all hope seemed lost will inspire readers. Webb’s story is proof that, when faced with desperate situations, it is possible to find a well of strength in order to keep living.
The Other Americans In Paris
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Author : Nancy L. Green
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2014-07-07
The Other Americans In Paris written by Nancy L. Green and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-07 with Social Science categories.
A “thorough and perceptive” portrait of the not-so-famous expatriates of the City of Light (The Wall Street Journal). History may remember the American artists, writers, and musicians of the Left Bank best, but the reality is that there were many more American businessmen, socialites, manufacturers’ representatives, and lawyers living on the other side of the River Seine. Be they newly minted American countesses married to foreigners with impressive titles or American soldiers who had settled in France after World War I with their French wives, they provide a new view of the notion of expatriates. Historian Nancy L. Green introduces us for the first time to a long-forgotten part of the American overseas population—predecessors to today’s expats—while exploring the politics of citizenship and the business relationships, love lives, and wealth (or in some cases, poverty) of Americans who staked their claim to the City of Light. The Other Americans in Paris shows that elite migration is a part of migration, and that debates over Americanization have deep roots in the twentieth century.
How To Die In Paris
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Author : Naturi Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-11-22
How To Die In Paris written by Naturi Thomas and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
How to Die in Paris is an edgy, poetic, often darkly comic, memoir of a young middle-class black woman who escapes a tortured past in New York to pursue a new life in Europe—only to find herself broke, desperate, and contemplating suicide on the streets of Paris. Penniless, scared, and hoping for rescue, Thomas turns to a series of unlikely male suitors: an impoverished Italian who exposes her to the reality of immigrant struggle, a fast-talking squatter who lures her into Paris’s street youth culture, and a beautiful Tunisian who takes her home . . . only to introduce her to a world of pain. Each encounter awakens in her memories from her childhood—memories of the abuse and racism she experienced at the hands of her mother—and forces her to confront the darkness in her past, even as she struggles to survive in the present. Though the trials she faces in Paris are often harrowing, Thomas is anything but self-pitying, often culling humor from gritty moments, and she finds goodness in the small blessings that come her way: a library that offers warmth and escape, a sandwich abandoned in a phone booth, the generosity of strangers, and especially, the wonder of Paris itself. Ultimately, being homeless in the City of Light frees her of the denial and defenses that have been holding her back all her life—revealing a broader world too beautiful to leave.
The Book Of The Homeless
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Author : Edith Wharton
language : en
Publisher: Aegitas
Release Date : 2021-04-22
The Book Of The Homeless written by Edith Wharton and has been published by Aegitas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-22 with Fiction categories.
Although Edith Wharton may be best known for her novels analyzing New York and 's upper crust, the author lived in France from 1907 until her death in 1937. There, she witnessed the ravages of World War I, especially the hardships endured by refugees. She helped by establishing The Children of Flanders Relief Committee and The American Hostels for Refugees. To raise money for her charities, she edited this work of poems, essays, and pictures. Contributors include some of the brightest names of the time -- Joseph Conrad, Jean Cocteau, Paul Claudel, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Maurice Maeterlinck, George Santayana, Igor Stravinsky, and W.B. Yeats. Theodore Roosevelt provided the introduction, in which he wrote: and quot;We owe to Mrs. Wharton all the assistance we can give. We owe this assistance to the good name of America, and above all for the cause of humanity we owe it to the children, the women and the old men who have suffered such dreadful wrong for absolutely no fault of theirs. and quot; EDITH WHARTON and (1862-1937 and ) is the author of The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, The Custom of the Country, and The Age of Innocence, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. For her charitable work, she was awarded the French Legion of Honor and other decorations.
Homeless In Paris The Founding Of The Ada Leigh Homes
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Author : Ada Travers Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
Homeless In Paris The Founding Of The Ada Leigh Homes written by Ada Travers Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with Homeless children categories.
Golden Ghetto How The Americans And French Fell In And Out Of Love During The Cold War
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Author : Steve Bassett
language : en
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Release Date : 2018-04-18
Golden Ghetto How The Americans And French Fell In And Out Of Love During The Cold War written by Steve Bassett and has been published by eBookIt.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-18 with History categories.
Considering the suspicions, jealousies, bigotry and greed inherent when a foreign power occupies another Golden Ghetto: How the Americans and French Fell In and Out of Love during the Cold War tells an improbable story. If ever a US military base deserved the sobriquet Golden Ghetto it was the Chateauroux Air Station, for 16 years at the height of the Cold War it was one of the most desirable postings in the world. Historians and casual readers will be enthralled by this bird's eye view of how early Communist driven distrust never stood a chance against handshakes and smiles.
Paris Was Ours
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Author : Penelope Rowlands
language : en
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Release Date : 2011-02-08
Paris Was Ours written by Penelope Rowlands and has been published by Algonquin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-08 with Travel categories.
Thirty-two writers share their observations and revelations about the world's most seductive city. "Whether you have lived in Paris or not, this captivating collection will transport you there." —National Geographic Traveler Paris is “the world capital of memory and desire,” concludes one of the writers in this intimate and insightful collection of memoirs of the city. Living in Paris changed these writers forever. In thirty-two personal essays—more than half of which are here published for the first time—the writers describe how they were seduced by Paris and then began to see things differently. They came to write, to cook, to find love, to study, to raise children, to escape, or to live the way it’s done in French movies; they came from the United States, Canada, and England; from Iran, Iraq, and Cuba; and—a few—from other parts of France. And they stayed, not as tourists, but for a long time; some are still living there. They were outsiders who became insiders, who here share their observations and revelations. Some are well-known writers: Diane Johnson, David Sedaris, Judith Thurman, Joe Queenan, and Edmund White. Others may be lesser known but are no less passionate on the subject. Together, their reflections add up to an unusually perceptive and multifaceted portrait of a city that is entrancing, at times exasperating, but always fascinating. They remind us that Paris belongs to everyone it has touched, and to each in a different way.
The History Of The American Pro Cathedral Of The Holy Trinity Paris 1815 1980
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Author : Cameron Allen
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2013-07-01
The History Of The American Pro Cathedral Of The Holy Trinity Paris 1815 1980 written by Cameron Allen and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-01 with History categories.
Nestled in the heart of Paris, the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity today stands as one of the great buildings of this ancient city. The history of the church itself presents a rich portrait of lively men and women who made it their mission to serve God and the people of Paris with all their hearts. Meticulously researched, A History of the American Pro-Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Paris, 1815–1980 delivers an impressive narrative on each period of growth and development within this church. Beginning with the American Episcopal Church’s need to serve Americans living in Paris, author Cameron Allen traces the development of the foundational congregation, the building of the first church, and its organization over the years. Allen draws on diary entries, church documents, and other primary sources to reveal the personalities behind church leaders, including W. O. Lamson, who formally established the church, the pivotal role of J. P. Morgan, organist L. K. Whipp, and German Colonel Rudolf Damrath, a Lutheran minister who took over during the German Occupation of France during World War II. In addition, he discusses the church’s role during major historical events and its present needs. This inspiring, well-written history provides an excellent resource for current and past church members, rectory libraries, and historians.
Encyclopedia Of Homelessness
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Author : David Levinson
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2004-06-21
Encyclopedia Of Homelessness written by David Levinson and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-21 with Political Science categories.
A readerʼs guide is provided to assist readers in locating entries on related topics. It classifies entries into 14 general categories: Causes, Cities, Demography and Characteristics, Health issues, History, Housing, Legal issues, Advocacy and policy, Lifestyle issues, Organizations, Perceptions of homelessness, Populations, Research, Service systems and settings, World perspectives and issues.