From My Window in Paris" is an inspiring and funny book about the author's move to Paris-a brave adventure for a single woman traveling alone, with no knowledge of the language!_____ The story takes place over a period of one year and focuses on Esther's life in transition after the death of her husband-her struggles adapting to the French way of life: plumbing problems in her tiny apartment, hilarious communication issues, the threat of possible spies, her encounters with French men, and oh my goodness, the pastries!_____ Esther's adaptation to France and the general excitement of day-to-day living in a new culture combines frustration, surprise, tears, and laughter-and culminates in a peak cosmic experience, with a self-realization she never dreamed possible.