‘…Jayne Tuttle’s two linked actor-in-Paris books start merrily and step off the edge into calamity, in writing that is joltingly alive, beautiful and terrifying.’ HELEN GARNER, THE AGE

‘All nerve endings and astute noticing. We don’t have anyone else in this country writing memoir quite like Jayne.’ CLAIRE THOMAS

‘As crisp and evocative as ever, only this time from a more mature narrator whose portrait of Paris rings with authenticity.’ THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

‘A beautiful and riveting account of recovery and rebuilding.’ SUNDAY TIMES

'Ugly, yet beautiful..’AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S WEEKLY

‘A love letter to a maddening - and dangerous - city.’ CANBERRA TIMES

‘Enchanting and gripping. A writer who has perfected her craft.’ CERIDWEN DOVEY

Jayne Tuttle, acclaimed author of Paris or Die, returns to Paris with My Sweet Guillotine.

In the wake of a bizarre, shocking accident in Paris, Jayne finds herself back in the city in a strange limbo. Ignoring the past, she tries to move forward. There is theatre. Love. New friendships. A new neighbourhood. But the accident haunts her, forcing her to confront herself and the experience in ways she could never have predicted.

A tale of survival and the untold joys of life’s curveballs, My Sweet Guillotine captures love and trauma with profound insight. Confronting, funny, strange and real, this is a book about life, death and reinvention, rendered in exquisite prose.