How did the author decide to intertwine personal stories with France's political history?
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How did the author decide to intertwine personal stories with France's political history?
Did anyone else find the portrayal of friendship in the book both warm and bittersweet?
What inspired the setting of Paris during the 1960s, and how much research went into capturing that era?