It's Not Just You

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My Crazy Ex-Country
On the worry and joy of visiting my old life in Brooklyn after a year in Paris
Feb 24 • 
Susanna Schrobsdorff
On Leaving Brooklyn For Paris
How I sold my apartment, gave away my furniture and began a third act by getting on a plane.
Mar 17, 2024 • 
Susanna Schrobsdorff
So, you want to leave the U.S.?
Let us tell you all about it.
Jul 27 • 
Susanna Schrobsdorff
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Being Very Wrong About French Things
Mar 25, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff
On Leaving Brooklyn For Paris
Mar 17, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff
What Parisians Hate (Almost) More Than Anything
Jun 29 • Susanna Schrobsdorff
Greetings From the Brooklyn of Florida
Dec 20, 2021 • Susanna Schrobsdorff
Ukraine and Life As a Virtual Bystander
Mar 9, 2022 • Susanna Schrobsdorff
On Wanting Less and Finding More
Dec 29, 2024 • Susanna Schrobsdorff
How to Love Paris When It's Hot. Very, Very Hot.
Oh those 100 degree days in a city without much a.c.
Jul 8 • 
Susanna Schrobsdorff
What Parisians Hate (Almost) More Than Anything
Hint: It's not tourists
Jun 29 • 
Susanna Schrobsdorff
On Wanting Less and Finding More
Paris as a clean slate.
Dec 29, 2024 • 
Susanna Schrobsdorff
On Becoming an American Immigrant and the French Visa Medical Exam
Oh, the peculiar joys of universal health
Dec 18, 2024 • 
Susanna Schrobsdorff
How and Why To Eat a French Cream Puff
Plus: Come write with me in Paris!
Dec 9, 2024 • 
Susanna Schrobsdorff
Paris Letters: Being a Stranger, Becoming Yourself
Plus photos of the most fascinating-looking strangers I've encountered. So far.
May 5, 2024 • 
Susanna Schrobsdorff
What Crookies and Franglais Can Do For You
The kookiest English in Paris and other things I've fallen for this week
Apr 29, 2024 • 
Susanna Schrobsdorff
It's Not Just You
It's Not Just You
I was an executive editor and columnist at TIME and Newsweek, then I fled to Paris with two suitcases and a dog. I write about this city's unending attempts to humble me, and the ways we all keep starting over.
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