For fans of Almost French and Emily ini Paris, Paris for Beginners is a beautiful memoir about acting, friendship and heartbreak. Ultimately, it's a story about growing up (even when you're already supposedly, a fully-fledged adult) and figuring out what you really need, set against the perennially alluring backdrop of the City of Lights.

'My time in Paris was a deeply joyous and formative chapter of my life, a time when I felt anything was possible,' said Rachel Coopes.  'Writing this book was like writing a love letter to a lost amour - to Paris and the past and all the emotion that is stirred in us when we revisit those corners of ourselves.