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Synopsis
How hard can it be to run a restaurant when you've fed fussy children and been a circus caterer? Myriam's sudden, characteristically impulsive decision to open a restaurant in her Paris flat transforms her life in a curious way. For the last six years, Myriam has been livving in self-imposed exile, cut off from her cool, reserved husband and from the son she found herself unable to love, and the opening night of Chez Moi is typically desolate. But little by little, Myriam's mouth-watering dishes draw people in, first the florist from across the road, followed by the school children tempted by a four-euro lunch, and then Ben, the most unflappable and devoted of waiters. As the restaurant sizzles towards success, figures and feelings from Myriam's past also being to emerge, gradually re-awakening her appetite for life, both the bitter parts and the sweet. Simmering with stories, recipes, observations and dreams, Chez Moi serves up a painfully adult story, with an irresistible sprinkling of wonder and magic.
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'A sweet story, peppered with recipes, about a woman who leaves the circus and opens a restaurant in her home'
-- Easy Living
`Desarthe is a charming writer ... It's light but it draws you in, like the aroma of a bubbling saucepan.'
-- Financial Times
About the Author
Agnès Desarthe has published six novels in France as well as more than twenty-five children’s books. She has also translated numerous books from English to French. She lives in Paris with her husband and two children. Adriana Hunter has been working as a literary translator since 1998 and has now translated more than thirty books from the French, including two other novels by Agnès Desarthe.
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- PublisherPortobello Books Ltd
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1846271010
- ISBN 13 9781846271014
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages272
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