The Dud Avocado – Elaine Dundy

Id heard the words Champs-lyses, of course, but I thought it was a park or something. I mean thats what it sounds like, doesnt it? All at once I found myself standing there gazing down that enchanted boulevard in the blue, blue evening. Everything seemed to fall into place. Here was all the gaiety and glory and sparkle I knew was going to be life if I could just grasp it. (Part I, One, p.27)

When youre young and curious about the world, youre fearless. Twenty-one-year-old Sally Jay Gorce finds herself in Paris with such curiosity in early 1950s. Upon graduation, her uncle honors his stipulation that he would foot for her expenses for two years so she can travel anywhere she wants. Soon after her arrival she runs into an old friend, Larry Keevil, who is to cast her in his new plays at... [via Mattviews]