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Being Very Wrong About French Things
And other mistakes I've made in Paris this week
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Susanna Schrobsdorff
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On Leaving Brooklyn For Paris
How I sold my apartment, gave away my furniture and began a third act by getting on a plane.
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Susanna Schrobsdorff
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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
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What Parisians Hate (Almost) More Than Anything
Hint: It's not tourists
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Greetings From the Brooklyn of Florida
Trips that didn't get canceled and other miracles
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Susanna Schrobsdorff
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Ukraine and Life As a Virtual Bystander
On facing those heart-scorching images and the choices we make as individuals
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Susanna Schrobsdorff
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On Wanting Less and Finding More
Paris as a clean slate.
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On Becoming an American Immigrant and the French Visa Medical Exam
Oh, the peculiar joys of universal health
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Rational Magic: The Science of Changing Our Expectations
Two new books explore how the way we think about aging, food, medicine, and exercise has surprising physical effects.
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Susanna Schrobsdorff
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Oh Those Lucky, Lucky Dogs of Paris
Or how to make friends and influence French people without trying.
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Dear Suze: 'Should I talk to my wife about our total lack of sex?'
On choosing between stability and satisfaction, and why it's never just about the sex.
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Driving To Odesa On a Very Warm September Day
On the places where beauty and connection sustain us.
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