Monday, May 1, 2023

Another book that Risé recommends

The Little Paris Bookshop
 ~ by Nina George, 2015, fiction (France), 416 pages

Monsieur 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.  

This is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives.
See these other books that my retired-librarian friend Risé has recommended (click on the titles):

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