Angry when her husband backs out of their second honeymoon in Paris, Lara, a fortysomething woman whose marriage to a busy surgeon is falling apart, asks the thirty-two-year-old construction worker repairing her deck to accompany her on the trip, embarking on a madcap, romantic adventure that transforms her life. By the author of Before and After. 35,000 first printing. Another Before and After tale? Fortyish Lara is so vexed when her preoccupied husband backs out of a second honeymoon in Paris they had planned that she impulsively asks the guy who is fixing her deck to come with her instead. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. The last time Lara saw Paris she was an innocent 20-year-old bride, embarking on the perfect honeymoon. That was then. This is now: she's 45, her marriage is on the rocks, and her self-esteem is in the basement. When her husband tells her that he and his perky blond protege must extend their international business trip for a few more weeks, Lara's long-planned romantic second honeymoon in Paris seems doomed. Or is it? What's good for the gander is good for the goose, so when Lara strikes up a "friendship" with a handsome young construction worker, the Paris trip is suddenly back on track. As Lara drags the unsuspecting Dan to the same hotels and restaurants that seemed so idyllic her first time around, she's forced to confront memories that have both formed and misled her throughout her marriage. Her outward adventures lead to an inward journey of self-discovery as Lara reconciles the woman she once was with the woman she was meant to be. Carol Haggas Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Elizabeth Adler is the author of fourteen novels. She is a frequent traveler to France and has owned properties in Provence and the Dordogne. In The Last Time I Saw Paris , every restaurant, shop, hotel, and village actually exists and has been described with great affection by the author. Elizabeth Adler lives in southern California.