I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

Glynnis MacNicol

eAudio - 2024

“A delight, the literary equivalent of a long catch-up with a brilliant friend.” —New York Times“One of the most talked-about books of the year.” —Gayle KingWhen you’re a woman of a certain age, you are only promised that everything will get worse. But what if everything you’ve been told is a lie?Come to Paris, August 2021, when the City of Lights was still empty of tourists and a thirst for long-overdue pleasure gripped those who wandered its streets.After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged forty-six, unmarried with no children, spent sixteen months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch. Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was... an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for. When the opportunity to sublet a friend’s apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it.... more