Patty in Paris
1907
Patty Fairfield has graduated with honors, and she has absolutely no intention of spending another year in a classroom. Her father insists on more schooling, but her stepmother understands: Patty wants music, parties, friends, and the intoxicating thrill of the wider world. When an invitation arrives to join the Farringtons in Paris, the debate ends. Patty is going to the City of Lights. What follows is a young woman spreading her wings for the first time. Paris in 1907 becomes her playground and her education. She forms vivid friendships, navigates unfamiliar social waters, and discovers what it means to be truly independent. The novel captures something universal: that moment when a young person steps out of childhood and into something larger and more dazzling than they ever imagined. It's a period piece that still resonates, because every generation's young people want the same things Patty wants: freedom, adventure, and a life that feels like their own.
