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Title:

Happy people read & drink coffee

Alternate title:

Happy people read and drink coffee

Author:

Martin-Lugand, Agnès, author.

Smith, Sandra, 1949- translator.

Summary:

Diane is the owner of Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, a literary café in Paris. When her husband and daughter die in a car accident, her life is overturned and the world as she knows it instantly disappears. Trapped by her memories, she moves to a small town on the Irish coast. There she falls into a surprising and tumultuous romance with Edward, a taciturn photographer who lives next door.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

242 pages ; 21 cm

Genre:

Romance fiction.

Subject Term:

Widows -- Fiction.

Coffeehouses -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Ireland -- Fiction.

Author(s):

Smith, Sandra, 1949-

Publisher:

Weinstein Books,

Publication Date:

2016

ISBN:

9781602862845

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Weinstein Books, [2016]

Call Number:

MARTIN

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

The international phenomenon described as Under the Tuscan Sun set in Ireland, about a recent widow who moves to the Irish coast and begins a tumultuous but ultimately healing relationship with her neighbor, a brooding Irish photographer. Also out now: the bestselling sequel, Don't Worry, Life is Easy , also from Hachette Books.

Diane seems to have the perfect life. She is a wife, mother, and the owner of Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, a cozy literary cafÃ©n Paris. But when she suddenly loses her husband and daughter in a car accident, the world as she knows it disappears.

One year later, Diane moves to a small town on the Irish coast, determined to heal by rebuilding her life alone-until she meets Edward, a handsome and moody photographer, and falls into a surprising and tumultuous romance.

But will it last when Diane leaves Ireland for good? At once heartbreaking and uplifting, Diane's story is deeply felt, reminding us that love remembered is love enduring.

"A heartbreaking story of love and loss that will twist readers up in knots...essential." -- Library Journal

Author Notes

AgnÃ¨Martin-Lugand is the author of Happy People Read and Drink Coffee (Les gens heureux lisent et boivent du cafÃ©/i> , and Happiness Slips Through My Fingers (Entre mes mains le bonheur se faufile). She lives in Paris, France.

Sandra Smith is a critically acclaimed translator of French literature.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Attempting to escape her grief over the deaths of her husband and daughter, Diane puts her business, a Parisian literary café, into her partner's care and retreats to a small village on the Irish coast to heal and attempt to rebuild her life. There, Diane meets photographer Edward. They fall in love, but she once again runs away, this time returning to Paris and her café. The story ends without resolving the question of whether she and Edward can find a way to bridge the distance between them. Mia Barron's (A Certain Age) strong, smooth, nicely paced reading draws listeners into the story. A French author and clinical psychologist, Martin-Lugand (Happiness Slips Through My Fingers) has written a story rife with emotions as Diane and Edward work through grief, pain, fear, and their search for love. VERDICT Will appeal to those interested in romance or stories of those recovering from personal tragedy. ["Essential for any foreign literature or women's fiction collection": LJ 3/1/16 review of the Weinstein hc.]-Laurie Selwyn, formerly with Grayson Cty. Law Lib., Sherman, TX © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.