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English
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Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened.
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English
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"Marianne is stuck in a loveless, unhappy marriage. After forty-one years, she has reached her limit, and one evening in Paris she decides to take action. Following a dramatic moment on the banks of the Seine, Marianne leaves her life behind and sets out for the coast of Brittany, also known as "the end of the world." Here she meets a cast of colorful and unforgettable locals who surprise her with their warm welcome, and the natural ease they all...
Author
Series
Art of hearing heartbeats volume 01
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be--until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father's past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned by her parents, Olga is raised by her grandmother in a Prussian village around the turn of the 20th century. Smart and precocious, endearing but uncompromising, she fights against the prejudices of the time to find her place in a world that sees women as second-best. When Olga falls in love with Herbert, a local aristocrat obsessed with gaining all the power, glory and greatness the modern age can provide, her life is irremediably changed....
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Julien Azouly, the famous French writer of beautiful romance novels, has stopped believing in love. When his beloved wife, Hélène, dies at the age of thirty-three, leaving him alone to raise their young son, Arthur, he is so devastated that he loses faith in the happier side of life - and along with that his ability to write. But Hélène was clever. Before her death, she made her husband promise to write her thirty-three letters, one for each...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Way up in the Swiss mountains, there's an old grand hotel steeped in tradition and faded splendor. Once a year, when the famous New Year's Eve Ball takes place, and guests from all over the world arrive, excitement returns to the vast hallways. Sophie, who works at the hotel as an intern, is busy making sure that everything goes according to plan. But unexpected problems keep arising, and some of the guests are not who they pretend to be. Very soon,...
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Publisher
Plaza Janés
Language
Español
Description
"Augsburgo, 1913. La joven Marie entra a trabajar en la cocina de la impresionante villa de los Melzer, una rica familia dedicada a la industria textil. Mientras Marie, una pobre chica proveniente de un orfanato, lucha por abrirse paso entre los criados, los Melzer esperan con ansia el comienzo de la nueva temporada invernal de baile, momento en el que se presentará en sociedad la bella Katharina. Solo Paul, el heredero, permanece ajeno al bullicio,...
Author
Publisher
Plaza & Janés
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Augsburgo, 1916. La mansión de la familia Melzer pasa a ser, por necesidad, un hospital militar. Las hijas de la casa, ayudadas por el servicio, se convierten en enfermeras que curan, cuidan y escuchan a los heridos en combate. Entretanto, Marie, la joven esposa de Paul Melzer, se hace cargo de la fábrica de telas en ausencia de su marido. Sin embargo, recibe una terrible noticia: su cuñado ha caído en el frente y Paul es ahora un prisionero de...
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
"Una poderosa familia.
Una situación dramática.
Una mansión que esconde más de un secreto...
La brillante tercera parte de la saga superventas que comenzó con La villa de las telas." --
"A powerful family.
A dramatic situation.
A mansion that hides more than one secret.
The brilliant third part of the bestselling saga that started with The Cloth Villa." --
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"When all seemed lost, a mysterious letter has awakened a ray of hope in Sophia: the son she thought was dead may still be alive in Paris. But when she arrives in town for confirm this, Sophia runs into an unforgiving wall of silence. She then decides to accept a job offer from Elizabeth Arden, the great rival of Helena Rubinstein, her former boss. A glamorous ambiance greets the young chemist but when Madame Rubinstein unexpectedly returns to her...
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Language
English
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"A young woman with the extraordinary power to bring soulmates together searches for her own true love in this tender, lyrical novel. In Nina George's New York Times bestseller The Little Paris Bookshop, literary apothecary Jean Perdu was inspired to create a floating bookstore after reading a pseudonymous novel about a young woman with a remarkable gift. The Little Village of Book Lovers is that novel. "Everyone knows me, but none can see me. I'm...
Author
Series
Tuchvilla-Saga volume 4
Publisher
Plaza & Janés
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Augsburgo, 1930. Marie y Paul Melzer son felices y su amor es más fuerte que nunca. Su hijo menor, el pequeño Kurti, que ahora tiene cuatro años, es un rayo de sol que rápidamente se gana el cariño de todos y los gemelos Dodo y Leo han crecido espléndidamente. Dodo ha descubierto su amor por los sistemas y métodos y sueña con convertirse en aviador, mientras que Leo demuestra un gran talento para tocar el piano, que se ha convertido en su...
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