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After life smacks him down, Scott Dominic Carpenter struggles to rebound in the City of Light, experiencing Paris through a personal lens filled with loss, laughter, and new beginnings.
List of contents
Part One: The End
1. Souvenir
2. Memory
3. Le Turd
4. A Thing I Saw: Escape Velocity
5. Fake-It-and-Wait
6. ’Tis the Season
7. Grand Finale
8. Lockdown
Part Two: The Middle
9. Ghost Town
10. Adieu
11. Silver Screen
12. French Dough
13. A Thing I Saw: Signs
14. Shot in the Dark
15. Scaredy-Cat
16. Wildlife
17. The Parisite
Part Three: The Beginning
18. A Thing I Saw: Epiphany
19. Swipe Right
20. Lost and Found in Paris
Acknowledgments
About the author
A professor
of French literature and creative writing at Carleton College, Scott Dominic
Carpenter splits his time between Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Paris, France.
Summary
After life smacks him down, Scott Dominic Carpenter struggles to rebound in the City of Light, experiencing Paris through a personal lens filled with loss, laughter, and new beginnings.
Foreword
- Expected reviews by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Foreword Magazine,
Midwest Book Review, Library Journal, Booklist - Announcement and review promised on Secrets of Paris website and
newsletter (60,000 visits/month; newsletter with 22,000 subscribers; 11,000
Facebook followers) - Social media campaign – We will re-launch the author’s social media
platforms, providing relevant content several times a week. - Midwest Independent Booksellers Title Alert program, making ARCs available upon request
to all member booksellers in the 10-state region. - Planned distribution of approximately 150 additional ARCs to national
reviewers, booksellers, regional reviewers, and bloggers - Launch events planned at Carleton College, Book Passage in Marin County
and other major venues. - Email announcements planned to mailing lists: American Association of
Teachers of French (10,000 members); H-France (teachers/scholars of French
history, 4000 members); Francofil (mixed academic and general “French”
interest, 2500 members) - Press release to be produced by Carleton College, connecting with local
media and thousands of College alumni. - Mentions of the publication expected from venues that have published
earlier essays by the author: Catapult, The Rumpus, Lowestoft Chronicle,
Mark Twain House website/Facebook page, etc. - Nomination planned for Midwest Booksellers Choice Awards, American
Library in Paris Book Prize, Readers Choice Awards, Minnesota Book Award,
Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, Travel Book of the Year Award, IBPA
Benjamin Franklin Award, Independent Publisher Book Awards, the Thurber Prize,
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award - 30-40 booksellers, library, and other events expected for Sept.-Dec., 2024
- Outreach to regional Alliance
Française offices in Minneapolis, Chicago, San Francisco. In the US alone, the Alliance Française
counts over 100 chapters and 24,000 members. - Outreach to The American Association
of Teachers of French (of which the author is a member), over 10,000 members.
- Marketing and publicity directed by Bonnie Harris, Wax Marketing.
