13 Rue Thérèse : a novel / Elena Mauli Shapiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shapiro, Elena Mauli.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--France--Fiction.

Women.

France.

Paris (France)--History--20th century--Fiction.

Paris (France).

Genre:

Fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Physical Description:

278 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Thirteen Rue Thérèse

Treize Rue Thérèse

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown, 2011.

Summary:

American academic Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of artifacts from World War I as he settles into his new office in Paris. The pictures, letters, and objects in the box relate to the life of Louise Brunet, a feisty, charming Frenchwoman who lived through both World Wars. As Trevor examines and documents the relics the box offers up, he begins to imagine the story of Louise Brunet's life: her love for a cousin who died in the war, her marriage to a man who works for her father, and her attraction to a neighbor in her building at 13 Rue Therese. The more time he spends with the objects though, the truer his imaginings of Louise's life become, and the more he notices another alluring Frenchwoman: Josianne, his clerk, who planted the box in his office in the first place, and with whom he finds he is falling in love.

Notes:

"A Reagan Arthur book."

"You can also use your smartphone's app to read the QR codes in 13, rue Thérèse and see enhanced versions of the images, or go to www.13rueTherese.com"--Jacket flap.

ISBN:

9780316083287

0316083283

OCLC:

539081894