Summary

Chapter 3 opens with Julie being in France. Her oldest friend, Steve, now lives in Paris and he makes arrangements for Julie to stay with him and meet some single women to talk about their lives. Steve takes Julie to a club called Regine’s which has a ladies’ night each Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m. Only women are permitted during those hours. Steve says this gives women a chance to meet and talk before men are allowed at 11 p.m. He says that men are lined up trying to get in because they know the club is full of beautiful women every Saturday night. He also tells her that French women sip wine, but do not get drunk. Initially, Julie thinks this is a novel idea and a big cultural difference – that French women go out in droves just for the chance to...