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Books about books always make me happy, and since I try to diversify my reading I wanted to read this little French book about a man, a book store and a handbag. (In English of course). When Laurent finds a handbag thrown away in the street without a purse but filled with other belongings he is im...
I received a copy of this book from the publishers and this is my honest review. Laure is walking home one evening when her bag is stolen. Events take a turn for the worse and she is unable to do anything to track down her much loved possession. Laurent is on his way to the local café the next m...
This short novel tells the unusual love story of Laure and Laurent, a couple of Parisians no longer in the flush of youth. I know, “Laure and Laurent,” sounds a little too precious, but don’t worry. This is a French novel––never too sweet; just a small, delicious mouthful of a novel. You can eas...
This is a cozy read. One woman loses her handbag in a snatch theft, and one man stumbles upon the abandoned bag in an alley. Inside, among a few other scant clues, (but nothing definitive as to identity) is a red notebook with jottings, with which he attempts to track down the owner, who is recoveri...
Daniel Mercier finds himself alone in Paris whilst his wife and son are away. On the spur of the moment he decides to visit a brasserie. Whilst eating President Mitterrand sits down at the table next to him. As Mitterrand leaves the restaurant, he leaves behind his black Homburg hat. On the spur of ...
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