Monsieur Perdu is a Parisian bookseller whose shop is on a boat on the Seine and carries the sign Literary Apothecary. He can tell exactly which novel will soothe a person, but he has avoided one letter for two decades, written by his lover Manon before she left him. When his neighbor, a recently separated woman named Catherine, helps him unearth it, he reads it at last and sets off for Provence by river, accompanied by the young author Max Jordan. Nina George uses the trip to examine loss, memory, and the difficulty of moving on after love, and she scatters recipes and book recommendations through it.
It suits readers who like warm, wistful books about literature and healing.
Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Curious Generalist. Which reader are you?
- ISBN
- 9783426652688
- Language
- DE
