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    A Study Guide for Kate Walbert's "Paris 1991"
    A Study Guide for Kate Walbert's "Paris 1991"
    A Study Guide for Kate Walbert's "Paris 1991"
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    A Study Guide for Kate Walbert's "Paris 1991"

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    A Study Guide for Kate Walbert's "Paris 1991," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 15, 2016
    ISBN9781535830614
    A Study Guide for Kate Walbert's "Paris 1991"

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      A Study Guide for Kate Walbert's "Paris 1991" - Gale

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      Paris 1991

      Kate Walbert

      1998

      Introduction

      Kate Walbert's Where She Went is a collection of fourteen connected stories about a mother and a daughter, Marion and Rebecca, who are searching for a place where they can establish roots and find contentment. Paris 1991 opens the collection. This story focuses on Rebecca's trip to Paris with her husband, Tom, where she hopes to conceive a baby. Rebecca had chosen Paris as the setting for becoming pregnant as the city is considered romantic, a city she has read about in books. She is not sure that this is the right time to get pregnant, but she determines that a child might provide her with the sense of fulfillment that she

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