Hi, Terry! I’m really flattered that you like this fic.
I wish I'd written this. It's both ethereal and deeply rooted in reality. It floats on a cloud of steel while drawing in the reader with its gentle prose, sketching a Clark Kent who's lonely for the right woman but completely unwilling to lead one on or deceive her in any way.
Thank you... <blushing deep scarlet> Your description of my story is much more beautiful than my humble prose, so it’s a real treat to read it... "Ethereal", I'm not sure, but "rooted in reality", that's true.
I’m not sure Clark is attracted in that way to Sandrine, but both their loneliness find support and warmth in the other. That’s what friendship should also be.
As Sandrine's perception of America and her cities is informed by movies and television (not the best way to learn about another country), the majority of my information about France comes from movies like Charade and the occasional foreign screenings on TMC.
I’m afraid that my perception of America is much like Sandrine’s….
Charade is a lovely and fun movie (a favorite of mine!) but very different from the reality. (Amélie Poulain’s Paris is also very different from my everyday Paris, too!)
Rarely do I get to read the thoughts of a Paris native as (in this case) they are being shared with a non-French national. It's truly eye-opening.
Is it? The city of Paris itself is a backdrop in this story and not such an important character. But I thank you for your thoughts and the way you perceived it. Perhaps beauty is also in the mind of the reader!
I’m sorry your father didn’t enjoy his stay in Paris. Again, the time he visited wasn’t perhaps the best moment in history to do so…
I do know that he didn't see the Paris that you are showing us, a place where people are pretty much like the people everywhere else and the best parts aren't the ones that jump out at you. Thank you for this intimate look at this pearl of Europe.
Did you doubt it? Parisian life isn’t all glamour and fun… as Part II will show you.
And, without further ado, I’m about to post Part II! (I know, I know, I told Cuidadora that I’d post tomorrow, but does it really matter?)
I'm thrilled for her that her story has generated such lovely comments, which she earned. She did an amazing amount of research for this story, which she beautifully incorporated into her tale.
And I feel really priviledged to have been on the receiving end of your comments and grammatical edits. Thank you for being such a fantastically PATIENT Beta-reader.
