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Zusatztext Readers will find the same sensitivity, the same poetry, the same humour as in The Reader on the 6:27 . . . A charming story Informationen zum Autor Jean-Paul Didierlaurent lives in the Vosges region of France. His short stories have twice won the International Hemingway Award. The Reader on the 6:27 is his first novel. Klappentext Girls had always been a problem. His grandmother despaired of his ever finding a soul mate. And it wasn't for lack of opportunity . . . It's difficult to find love in a profession like Ambroise's - even his father despises what he does . . . And while Manelle! a home help living in the same small French town! adores her days spent with her eccentric! elderly clients! she too often ends her evenings alone. So when an unusual request from Manelle's favourite client! eighty-two-year-old retired chef-gourmand Samuel! brings the two of them together for an unlikely road-trip to Switzerland - along with Ambroise's cake-loving grandmother - it might just be time for the rest of their lives to begin . . . Zusammenfassung Filled with all the larger-than-life characters and enchanting storytelling that made readers fall for The Reader on the 6.27 , Jean-Paul Didierlaurent’s follow-up novel, The Rest of Their Lives , is set to charm the world. It’s difficult to find love in a profession like Ambroise’s – even his father despises what he does . . . And while Manelle, a home-help for the elderly in the same small French town, adores her days spent with her eccentric clients, she too often ends her evenings alone. So when an unusual request from Manelle’s favourite client – eighty-two-year-old retired chef-gourmand Samuel – brings the two of them together for an unlikely road-trip to Switzerland, along with Ambroise’s cake-loving grandmother, it might just be time for the rest of their lives to begin . . . ...
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Readers will find the same sensitivity, the same poetry, the same humour as in The Reader on the 6:27 . . . A charming story RTL
