num_pages: 305
description: Become enamored with the splendor of Paris in this heartwarming and delightful story about writing ones own destiny and finding love along the way.Vanessa Yu never wanted to see peoples fortunes -- or misfortunes -- in tea leaves.Ever since she can remember Vanessa Yu has been able to see peoples fortunes at the bottom of their teacups. To avoid blurting out their fortunes she converts to coffee but somehow fortunes escape and find a way to complicate her life and the ones of those around her. To add to this plight her romance life is so nonexistent that her parents enlist the services of a matchmaking expert from Shanghai.The day before her matchmaking appointment Vanessa accidentally sees her own fate: death by traffic accident. She decides that she cant truly live until she can find a way to get rid of her uncanny abilities. When her eccentric aunt Evelyn shows up with a tempting offer to whisk her away Vanessa says au revoir to America and bonjour to Paris. While working at Evelyns tea stall at a Parisian antique market Vanessa performs some matchmaking of her own attempting to help reconnect her aunt with a lost love. As she learns more about herself and the root of her gifts she realizes one thing to be true: knowing ones destiny isnt a curse but being unable to change it is.
language: English
title: Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
publisher: Berkley