Title: Shopgirl
First published: September 14, 2005
Description: Mirabelle is the "shopgirl" of the title, a young woman, beautiful in a wallflowerish kind of way, who works behind the glove counter at Neiman Marcus "selling things that nobody buys anymore . . ."

Mirabelle captures the attention of Ray Porter, a wealthy businessman almost twice her age. As they tentatively embark on a relationship, they both struggle to decipher the language of love -- with consequences that are both comic and heartbreaking.
Subjects: Fiction, Contemporary Romance, artists, businessman, relationships
Places: California, Vermont
People: Mirabelle, Ray Porter, Jeremy
Time periods: Contemporary, 2001