num_pages: 392
description: There are books that are suitable for a million people others for only a hundred. There are even remediesI mean booksthat were written for one person onlyA book is both medic and medicine at once. It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: thats how I sell books. 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 countrys rivers dispensing his wisdom and his books showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself.Internationally bestselling and filled with warmth and adventure The Little Paris Bookshop is a love letter to books meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives.
language: English
title: The Little Paris Bookshop
publisher: Crown