JE T’AIME, Me Neither
Canadian, Lily Heise tells Girl Gone
International the story behind her
novelized memoir based in Paris
JE T’AIME, Me Neither
is a novelized memoir that tells the true
romantic odyssey of a 21st Century woman caught in the mire of
desires – which is only intensified by the passion of Paris. After getting
dumped by her Parisian boyfriend, Lily is left wondering if je t’aime still
exists. Instead of crying into her glass of wine, she decides to heal her
bruised ego and quash her romantic doubts with a carefree summer
fling . . . or as the French call it: une aventure. Rather than guide her
into the arms of a perfect summer amoureux, the sexy streets of Paris
lead her from one impossible candidate to another: disappearing foxy
Frenchmen, unavailable Latino heartthrobs, overly-mysterious world
travelers, mistress-hunting married men and not-so-single amnesiacs.
Where do you call home?
For most of my 13 years in Paris I’ve lived in Montmartre, the village
like district around Sacre Coeur. The district is very picture perfect
Paris, with its winding, cobbled streets and vistas over the city. However, the parts packed with throngs of tourists can be tiring. The area has
grown on me and I’ve discovered many of its secrets. The zone just to
the south called SoPi is quite hip at the moment so there are some fun
places to go out nearby and plenty of cool shops to peruse.