Newport Beach Humorist Samples Gay Paree in Me, Myself and Paris, Published by Outskirts Press
Newport Beach, CA, August 11, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Me, Myself and Paris: One Toe Under the Eiffel Tower, The Other In the Grocery Store by Ruth Yunker. The author's most recent book to date is a 5.5 x 8.5 hardback with jacket in the humorous essays category and is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/memyselfandparis was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.
Me, Myself & Paris is author Ruth Yunker’s droll pastiche of her days, free and unaccompanied, in Paris. Three years in a row she rents an apartment, stays for six weeks, and takes on Paris, half resident, half visitor. She is a short attention span tourist, a wide-eyed voyeur, and irreverence saves the day when the chips are down. Her stories are about bonhomie and savoir-faire, American style, while treading the hallowed and slippery cobblestones of Paris.
It’s about every day errands, and sorties into dutiful sightseeing. It’s about run-ins with grocery store cashiers and metro ticket agents. It’s about desperately trying to speak French. It’s about attempting to emulate the chic, windblown Parisian woman wearing no lipstick, while Ruth wouldn’t be caught bare lipped outside the boudoir.
She conquers the metro, no mean feat for a Californian glued to a car. She hears ghosts in cathedrals, and smells bread toasting every morning across the courtyard. She learns to make correct change without her reading glasses. Comes to understand that direct eye contact is a flagrant disregard of manners, even when she most needs a hug.
Me, Myself & Paris is what Paris looks like, feels like, smells like, tastes like, to an American woman, free and unfettered, sense of humor and bonhomie alive and well, alone and loving it, in the most beautiful and temperamental city in the world.
204 pages in length, Me, Myself and Paris: One Toe Under the Eiffel Tower, The Other In the Grocery Store is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the humorous essays category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Me, Myself and Paris meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $24.95.
Additionally, Me, Myself and Paris can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
ISBN: 9781432757144
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 hardback w/ jacket
SRP: $24.95
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/memyselfandparis.
About the author:
Ruth Yunker is a writer and humorist, a columnist and blogger, a short story writer and essayist.
She currently lives in Newport Beach, CA, does the New York Times crossword puzzle with an erasable pen, has two grown children, and is down to one aging cat.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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Me, Myself & Paris is author Ruth Yunker’s droll pastiche of her days, free and unaccompanied, in Paris. Three years in a row she rents an apartment, stays for six weeks, and takes on Paris, half resident, half visitor. She is a short attention span tourist, a wide-eyed voyeur, and irreverence saves the day when the chips are down. Her stories are about bonhomie and savoir-faire, American style, while treading the hallowed and slippery cobblestones of Paris.
It’s about every day errands, and sorties into dutiful sightseeing. It’s about run-ins with grocery store cashiers and metro ticket agents. It’s about desperately trying to speak French. It’s about attempting to emulate the chic, windblown Parisian woman wearing no lipstick, while Ruth wouldn’t be caught bare lipped outside the boudoir.
She conquers the metro, no mean feat for a Californian glued to a car. She hears ghosts in cathedrals, and smells bread toasting every morning across the courtyard. She learns to make correct change without her reading glasses. Comes to understand that direct eye contact is a flagrant disregard of manners, even when she most needs a hug.
Me, Myself & Paris is what Paris looks like, feels like, smells like, tastes like, to an American woman, free and unfettered, sense of humor and bonhomie alive and well, alone and loving it, in the most beautiful and temperamental city in the world.
204 pages in length, Me, Myself and Paris: One Toe Under the Eiffel Tower, The Other In the Grocery Store is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the humorous essays category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Me, Myself and Paris meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $24.95.
Additionally, Me, Myself and Paris can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
ISBN: 9781432757144
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 hardback w/ jacket
SRP: $24.95
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/memyselfandparis.
About the author:
Ruth Yunker is a writer and humorist, a columnist and blogger, a short story writer and essayist.
She currently lives in Newport Beach, CA, does the New York Times crossword puzzle with an erasable pen, has two grown children, and is down to one aging cat.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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Outskirts Press, Inc., 10940 S. Parker Rd - 515, Parker, Colorado 80134
http://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
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