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In the first 1960s, most middle-class American women in their twenties had their lives laid out to them: Matrimony, children, and life in the suburbs. Most, however, not all.Breathless is the storyline of a girl who symbolizes those who rebelled against regular prospects. Paris was a magnet for those eager to resist domesticity, and like many young women of the 10 years, Nancy K. Miller was enamored of everything French - from perfume and Herms scarves to the writing of Simone de Beauvoir and the New Wave films of Jeanne Moreau. After graduating from Barnard College in 1961, Miller lay out for a year in Paris, with a plan to use classes at the Sorbonne and live out a great charming life encouraged by the films.Following a string of erotic misadventures, she quit her short-lived liberty and hitched an North american expatriate who guaranteed her a lifetime of three-star meals and five-star hotels. But her hubby wasn't who he said he was, and she eventually was required to leave Paris and her dreams behind.This stunning memoir chronicles a woman's coming-of-age tale, and will be offering a glimpse into the close lives of women before feminism.
