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Title:
The little Paris bookshop
Summary:
"'There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred. There are even remedies--I mean books--that were written for one person only ... A book is both medic and medicine at once. It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: that's how I sell books.' 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."-- Provided by publisher.
Edition:
Large Print edition.
Physical Description:
511 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm.
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Publisher:
Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning,
Publication Date:
2015
ISBN:
9781410481702
Publication Information:
Waterville, Maine : Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
Call Number:
LP GEORGE
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