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ReviewsNew York Times Bestseller A Barnes and Noble Best of 2015 Selection A LibraryReads Favorite of the Favorites Selection "If you're looking to be charmed right out of your own life for a few hours, sit down with this wise and winsome novel...Everything happens just as you want it to... from poignant moments to crystalline insights in exactly the right measure."-- Oprah.com "The settings are ideal for a summer-romance read...Who can resist floating on a barge through France surrounded by books, wine, love, and great conversation?" -- Christian Science Monitor "[A] bona fide international hit."-- New York Times Book Review "Warmhearted...A charming novel that believes in the healing properties of fiction, romance, and a summer in the south of France."-- Kirkus "Engaging... [George's] sumptuous descriptions of both food and literature will leave readers unsure whether to run to the nearest library or the nearest bistro."-- Publishers Weekly "Uplifting... An international best seller, this one will make you happy."-- The Independent " The Little Paris Bookshop is an enchantment. Set in a floating barge along the Seine, this love letter to books - and to the complicated, sometimes broken people who are healed by them - is the next best thing to booking a trip to France."-- Sarah Pekkanen, author of Catching Air "Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming, Nina George's impressionistic prose takes the reader on a journey not just through the glories of France and the wonders of books, but through the encyclopedic panoply of human emotions. The Little Paris Bookshop is a book whose palette, textures, and aromas will draw you in and cradle you in the redemptive power of love."-- Charlie Lovett, author of The Bookman's Tale "Nina George tells us clever things about love, about reading that 'puts a bounce in your step,' about tango in Provence, and about truly good food. . . . One of those books that gets you thinking about whom you need to give it to as a gift even while you're still reading it, because it makes you happy and should be part of any well-stocked apothecary." -- Hamburger Morgenpost (Germany) "Enchanting and moving ... Rarely have I read such a beautiful book!" -- Tina magazine (Germany), New York Times Bestseller A Barnes and Noble Best of 2015 Selection A LibraryReads Favorite of the Favorites Selection "If you're looking to be charmed right out of your own life for a few hours, sit down with this wise and winsome novel...Everything happens just as you want it to... from poignant moments to crystalline insights in exactly the right measure."-- Oprah.com "The settings are ideal for a summer-romance read...Who can resist floating on a barge through France surrounded by books, wine, love, and great conversation?" -- Christian Science Monitor "[A] bona fide international hit."-- New York Times Book Review "Warmhearted...A charming novel that believes in the healing properties of fiction, romance, and a summer in the south of France."-- Kirkus "Engaging... [George's] sumptuous descriptions of both food and literature will leave readers unsure whether to run to the nearest library or the nearest bistro."-- Publishers Weekly "Uplifting... An international best seller, this one will make you happy."-- The Independent " The Little Paris Bookshop is an enchantment. Set in a floating barge along the Seine, this love letter to books - and to the complicated, sometimes broken people who are healed by them - is the next best thing to booking a trip to France."-- Sarah Pekkanen, author of Catching Air "Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming, Nina George's impressionistic prose takes the reader on a journey not just through the glories of France and the wonders of books, but through the encyclopedic panoply of human emotions. The Little Paris Bookshop is a book whose palette, textures, and aromas will draw you in and cradle you in the redemptive power of love."-- Charlie Lovett, author of The Bookman's Tale "Nina George tells us clever things about love, about reading that 'puts a bounce in your step,' about tango in Provence, and about truly good food. . . . One of those books that gets you thinking about whom you need to give it to as a gift even while you're still reading it, because it makes you happy and should be part of any well-stocked apothecary." -- Hamburger Morgenpost (Germany) "Enchanting and moving ... Rarely have I read such a beautiful book!" -- Tina magazine (Germany) From the Hardcover edition.
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SynopsisMonsieur Perdu can prescribe the perfect book for a broken heart. But can he fix his own? 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. After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and a lovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country's rivers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself. Internationally bestselling and filled with warmth and adventure, The Little Paris Bookshop is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives.