The request was for a table for a new resident of 27 Rue Montagnard a wife thrown out of her house by her husband and left her with nothing. He denies himself the love and company of any other woman for all that time until he gets a request from Madame Bernard, the owner, and Madame Rosalette, the concierge of the house at number 27 Rue Montagnard where he has lived for more than 20 years. Manon is his lost love and haunts his life for almost 21 years. She just suddenly disappears and she left him after 5 years, with only a letter that he chose to never open. His heart was broken by Manon, the love of his life. You will discover as you begin to know this man his life is the only life he cannot mend.
Monsieur Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. He will know the exact book a reader needs. When you come on board he will prescribe for you a book or many books for the hardships of life you may be suffering. He owns a floating bookstore on a barge on the river Seine. You will be introduced to Monsieur Jean Perdu who likes to think of himself as a literary apothecary. If you can, picture yourself sitting in a big comfy chair by the fireside with the fire burning and a cup of coffee or tea nearby, and an afghan if needed and this little book in your hands as you begin reading. When you finish the novel you will be given additional pages filled with wonderful recipes from the cuisine of Provence and Marseilles prepared by Salvatore Cuneo who has joined Jean Perdu on his floating barge down the rivers of France. I say unique because the imagination of the author Nina George provides for us an interesting concept and, I say little because this novel is 370 pages set in a smaller than average hardcover.
This novel will take you on a personal adventure of the heart starting with one man and ending with multiple story lines of interesting lives of the characters who become the personal friends who join him throughout this unique little book. The Little Paris Bookshop is on a floating barge called Lulu on the River Seine and beckons all book lovers to come on board. People who love books and bookstores will appreciate the notion that certain books stay with you and you never forget them. I could not think of a better opening line for my review of The Little Paris Bookshop than a quote by Cicero: “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” The Little Paris Bookshop: Book Review by Arlene
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