‘A latter-day Bonjour Tristesse.’ THE AGE

'A literary suitcase packed with sparkling friendships, startling discoveries, mad love, intriguing challenges and hot sex. There’s also mortal danger and helpless loss, both of which signal their presence in the very first chapter. Tuttle, a writer, actor and charismatically charming first-time author, takes us on quite a journey. Her writing is pitch-perfect and pacy – very, very funny at times, and raw and affecting at others. With death and heartbreak as ever-present themes, Paris or Die is also deeply moving … A witty and observant raconteur, and merciless chronicler of her own foibles, she’s like the love child of David Sedaris and Helen Garner.’ THE SATURDAY PAPER

’A vivid, often moving portrait of living, loving and getting by in her adopted city. After her mother dies, Tuttle receives a scholarship to the Jacques Lecoq Theatre School, and over two crowded years meets a moveable feast of characters, falling in love with a Frenchman who seems to have stepped out of a movie. she becomes engaged, but as the stereotype becomes real, another side of him and what a French wife wold mean becomes apparent. She enters the life of a French family but never really feels accepted. And in a wonderfully touching scene watching kangaroos huddled together in an alien northern winter at a Paris zoo, she feels the tug of home. In the end a bizarre, near-death accident brings her back to Australia. Terrific, crisp writing: Paris beyond the postcards.’ THE AGE / SMH (*PICK OF THE WEEK)

'‘Early in Paris or Die Jayne Tuttle describes climbing to the top of the Eiffel Tower and scratching her name in it, and I think so many of us, Parisians and non-Parisians alike, will instantly recognize that desire to mark the cities we love as they've marked us. By turns madcap and heart-breaking, Paris or Die is a witty and wise reflection on the power of cities to help us become ourselves. I devoured it and I can't wait to read more from my new favorite writer.’ LAUREN ELKIN - Author of Scaffolding, Art Monsters, Flâneuse

‘An exquisite study of what happens to the wild force of attraction when it crashes into the hard structures of societal, class and cultural difference.’ LINDA JAIVIN, author of Eat Me, The Empress Lover

'‘A love letter to Paris: not the idealised city Tuttle had imagined it to be, but a real and imperfect place where she feels “alive, more alive than ever before.’ THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

’A reflection on cultural dislocation, on loss, on passion. Vivid, funny and also very moving. JANE GILMOUR, The Institute for Study of French-Australian Relations

‘A rollicking yarn that is humorous, poignant and sexy, and always evocative of Paris.’ THE AUSTRALIAN

'Stunning debut.’ MARIE-CLAIRE

‘Tuttle’s honesty and raw self-exposure creeps on you, as does her own near-death experience.’ HERALD-SUN

‘Joltingly alive, beautiful and terrifying.’ HELEN GARNER

'A vivid memoir of damage, grace and healing which manages to be funny, irreverent and moving all at once.' LUKE DAVIES, author of Candy, the screenplay Lion

‘Jayne Tuttle’s writing is a delicious delight.’ CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS, author of The In-Between, Damascus

‘An electric rollercoaster ride through the streets of Paris, this is also a moving memoir of love, exploration and loss – at times utterly joyful, at times gut-wrenching and always fierce and beautifully written.’ JEMMA BIRRELL, The Powerhouse

‘I was entranced from start to finish. A tantalising tour through the life of a young, spontaneous, in love, in lust, foreigner whose inimitable joie de vivre opens her to a Paris that yields its local charms, its particular customs and its unexpected dangers …’ MARTINE MURRAY, author of The Wanting Monster, The Last Summer of Ada Bloom

‘A riveting, moving, funny and at times shocking memoir about a young Australian woman whose dream journey to the city of light turns into a nightmare. I loved it.’ JENNIFER HIGGIE, author of The Other Side, The Mirror and the Palette

‘Moving, raw and more than a little bit sexy, I practically inhaled this book about a woman determined to grab on to art, love and life with everything she’s got in the world’s most romantic city.’ RACHEL POWER, author of The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood

‘Joyous, sexy and compelling … a wonderful read.’ PADDY O’REILLY, author of Other People’s Houses, Peripheral Vision