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'L’Appart' is a painfully funny story of the joys and pitfalls of making Paris your home

David Lebovitz knows all about the romance of Paris, “flitting from museum to café to pastry shop,” taking in picture-perfect views of the Eiffel Tower, luxuriously eating Berthillon ice cream by the Seine.

Those are daily joys when you’re visiting the City of Lights. When you change your status from tourist to permanent resident, the attractions are even more

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