Book description
The day begins like any other Saturday for beautiful Parisian
restaurateur Aurélie Bredin, until she wakes up to find her apartment
empty - her boyfriend gone off with another woman. Heartbroken,
Aurelie walks the streets of Paris in the rain, finally seeking refuge
in a little bookshop in the Ile St. Louis, where she's drawn to a novel
titled The Smiles of Women by obscure English author Robert Miller. She
buys it and takes it home, but when she begins to read she's astonished:
The Smiles of Women can't possibly be about her restaurant about her.
Except, it is. Flattered and curious to know more, Aurélie knows she
must get in touch with the reclusive Mr Miller, but it proves to be a
daunting task. His French publishers seem determined to keep his
identity secret, and while the Editor-in-Chief André Chabanais is happy
to give Aurelie his time, he seems mysteriously unwilling to help her
find her author. Is Robert Miller really so shy, or is there something
that André isn't telling Aurélie? The day begins like any other
Saturday for beautiful Parisian restaurateur Aurélie Bredin, until she
wakes up to find her apartment empty - her boyfriend gone off with
another woman. Heartbroken, Aurelie walks the streets of Paris in the
rain, finally seeking refuge in a little bookshop in the Ile St. Louis,
where she's drawn to a novel titled The Smiles of Women by obscure
English author Robert Miller. She buys it and takes it home, but when
she begins to read she's astonished: The Smiles of Women can't possibly
be about her restaurant about her. Except, it is. Flattered and
curious to know more, Aurélie knows she must get in touch with the
reclusive Mr Miller, but it proves to be a daunting task. His French
publishers seem determined to keep his identity secret, and while the
Editor-in-Chief André Chabanais is happy to give Aurelie his time, he
seems mysteriously unwilling to help her find her author. Is Robert
Miller really so shy, or is there something that André isn't telling
Aurélie?
