03338cam a2200541 i 4500 285872087 TxAuBib 20170222120000.0 141031s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014040459 9780553418774 0553418777 TxAuBib rda eng ger George, Nina, 1973- Lavendelzimmer English. The little Paris bookshop : a novel / Nina George ; translated by Simon Pare. First U.S. edition. New York : Crown Publishers, [2015] ©2015. 392 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in Germany as Das Lavendelzimmer by Knaur Verlag in 2013"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-390). ""There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred. There are even remedies--I mean books--that were written for one person only ... A 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: that's 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 country's 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"-- Provided by publisher. ""A book is both doctor and medicine. It makes diagnoses and provides therapy. Bringing the right novels together with the appropriate people is the way I sell books.". 20170222. Booksellers and bookselling Fiction. Booksellers and bookselling. Books and reading Fiction. Mental Healing Fiction. Mental Healing Fiction. Fiction Literary. Fiction Romance Contemporary. Fiction Psychological. Books and reading. Mental healing. Paris (France) Fiction. France Paris. Love stories. Psychological fiction. Fiction. Romance. Pare, Simon,. 9780553418774.jpg Cover image