THE PARIS MODEL

Based on a true story, The Paris Model is a sweeping tale of glamour, family secrets and heartbreak that takes you from the Australian outback to the salons of Paris in the 1940s. A stunning novel of love, betrayal and family secrets.

After a devastating discovery, Grace Woods leaves her vast Australian sheep station and travels to tumultuous, post-war Paris in order to find her true identity. While working as a glamorous mannequin for Christian Dior, the world's newly acclaimed emperor of fashion, Grace mixes with famous authors and artists, diplomats, politicians and aristocrats. Amongst those she befriends are the future Jackie Kennedy, US Ambassadress Evangeline Bruce, Julia Child, Pablo Picasso and the Countess de Renty. But when Grace falls in love with the handsome Phillippe Boyer, she doesn't know that he is leading a double life, nor that his past might inflict devastating consequences upon her. As she is drawn into Phillippe's secret world of international espionage, Grace discovers both the shattering truth of her origins - and that her life is in peril. Inspired by a true story, The Paris Model is a tale of glamour, family secrets and heartbreak that takes you from the Australian outback to the exclusive salons of Paris. Alexandra Joel is the author of Parade: the Story of Fashion in Australia. She is a former editor of the Australian edition of the international magazine Harper's Bazaar, and of Portfolio, Australia's first magazine for working women. She has also been a regular contributor to a number of national and metropolitan publications including The Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend Magazine. More recently, Alexandra has been a practicing counsellor and psychotherapist. She is an honors graduate from the University of Sydney and has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology.