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Paris, California
Paris, California | Kevin St. Jarre
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Ashin Asilomar is a retired dentist, living in the same California mid-coastal town where he was raised, practiced, married, and widowed. A troubled young family moves in next door, and Ashin befriends their 12-year-old son, Mateo Funk. Together, Ashin and Mateo watch as more and more outsiders move in, calling the town perfect just as it is... And then working so very hard to transform Paris into the place they recently escaped. It begins with fences, signs, and dog leashes, but soon progresses to hostility, absurdity, and then madness.
Paris, California tells a tale familiar to many people who have watched their community transformed-by those who move in and then work to change the very characteristics that attracted them there in the first place-and what happens when that phenomenon goes completely off the rails.
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Ashin is a widowed dentist, living out his retirement in Paris, California. The book starts off in a quiet, contemplative way, as Ashin befriends 12 year old Mateo, who moves in next door with his family.

It then turns into a social commentary as more and more people move to this ‘perfect place‘, paying exorbitant prices for housing and then turning the town into where they came from, with fences, signs, dog bans etc.

So far so good, ⬇️

squirrelbrain But then it turned a bit weird at the end, with one of the MCs doing something out of character, that wasn‘t foreshadowed at all. 🤷‍♀️ Still a pick though. 11mo
BarbaraBB Hmmm this seemed so good but your review somehow doesn‘t motivate me to pick it up soon! 11mo
Megabooks I‘m stacking it! 11mo
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