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The floating barge bookstore...what a marvelous idea!
Monsieur Jean Perdu is hiding from the world -he has shut himself off from everyone - except for his bookstore. He spends his time matching books to customers to heal whatever ails them. Problem being he cannot heal himself. Years prior the love of his life disappeared and with her his reason for living.
Perdu decides to pull anchor and take his bookstore down the river. At the last minute he is joined by a new acquaintance, a novel-paralyzed best selling author, who cannot come up with a current project. Perdu is headed to the last place he knew his love had been, taking with him the yet unopened letter he had received from her years prior.
This novel of lost love is the story of facing your fears and your past. Acknowledging your mistakes and seeing yourself for who you can be, forgiving yourself and moving on.
Quaint little story - easy to read - in the beginning it grabs you and keeps you turning pages to find out what happens. There are parts however that seem to lag, or really have no bearing on the development of the story. There are some journal entries that seem to lose steam as the book progresses. There are some really good quotes in this heartfelt little ditty, but it also has a feeling of disconnect to it.
The floating barge bookstore...what a marvelous idea!
Monsieur Jean Perdu is hiding from the world -he has shut himself off from everyone - except for his bookstore. He spends his time matching books to customers to heal whatever ails them. Problem being he cannot heal himself. Years prior the love of his life disappeared and with her his reason for living.
Perdu decides to pull anchor and take his bookstore down the river. At the last minute he is joined by a new acquaintance, a novel-paralyzed best selling author, who cannot come up with a current project. Perdu is headed to the last place he knew his love had been, taking with him the yet unopened letter he had received from her years prior.
This novel of lost love is the story of facing your fears and your past. Acknowledging your mistakes and seeing yourself for who you can be, forgiving yourself and moving on.
Quaint little story - easy to read - in the beginning it grabs you and keeps you turning pages to find out what happens. There are parts however that seem to lag, or really have no bearing on the development of the story. There are some journal entries that seem to lose steam as the book progresses. There are some really good quotes in this heartfelt little ditty, but it also has a feeling of disconnect to it.
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