Beverley Lehman West - Memoir, Poetry
Beverley Lehman West, a San Franciscan native, is
the author of Finding My Way Back to 1950s Paris (2014). The book
is a charming collection of remembrances, poems, old letters, and photographs
of her time in the French capital as a young woman. West recounts
everyday life along with extraordinary experience - living in a garret,
shopping in the markets, smoking and writing in the cafes. Even after she
returns to the U.S. three and a half years later her love for Paris continues
and she revisits the city throughout her life. Bev West is also the author of For
All the Wrong Reasons (1995), a booklet of poems and stories which Ann Combs describes as
"observant and playful. It reminds us to look for the fleeting details
in life and when we see them to delight". Both of West's books are
included in the Bainbridge Public Library local authors collection.
