In Forbidden Loves: Paris Between the Wars, author Patricia Daly-Lipe tells the often-steamy story of a young Washington socialite who leaves for a Paris honeymoon, concerned about the man she has just married, never suspecting what lies ahead.
Daly-Lipe’s book takes you to the Paris of that time: Lindbergh’s arrival at Le Bourget after his historic flight, the Surrealist movement, and writers such as Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce and others, quoted in their actual words thanks to her painstaking research.
The tale, which has won two awards for excellence, cites the mores of that period, and the scorn awaiting those who dared to break the rules for love. The story takes many unexpected turns. But probably the greatest surprise is that the heroine is Daly-Lipe’s own mother. Daly-Lipe based this account on old family records and travels to near-forgotten sites.
Rita Mae Brown, herself a best-selling author, sums the book up best: “Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all--well, yes and no. Read Forbidden Loves’ view of this age-old dilemma.”
On December 7, 2:30-4 p.m., Daly-Lipe will speak at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., contrasting the District and Paris of that time with how they are today.
The next day, December 8, at 8 p.m., she’ll be interviewed on Blog Talk Radio about another of her great passions, horses. Daly-Lipe raises thoroughbreds in Northern Virginia, racing winners at Santa Anita, Del Mar and other tracks. Both events are listed on her site, literarylady.com.
Daly-Lipe’s book takes you to the Paris of that time: Lindbergh’s arrival at Le Bourget after his historic flight, the Surrealist movement, and writers such as Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce and others, quoted in their actual words thanks to her painstaking research.
The tale, which has won two awards for excellence, cites the mores of that period, and the scorn awaiting those who dared to break the rules for love. The story takes many unexpected turns. But probably the greatest surprise is that the heroine is Daly-Lipe’s own mother. Daly-Lipe based this account on old family records and travels to near-forgotten sites.
Rita Mae Brown, herself a best-selling author, sums the book up best: “Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all--well, yes and no. Read Forbidden Loves’ view of this age-old dilemma.”
On December 7, 2:30-4 p.m., Daly-Lipe will speak at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., contrasting the District and Paris of that time with how they are today.
The next day, December 8, at 8 p.m., she’ll be interviewed on Blog Talk Radio about another of her great passions, horses. Daly-Lipe raises thoroughbreds in Northern Virginia, racing winners at Santa Anita, Del Mar and other tracks. Both events are listed on her site, literarylady.com.
