The Little Paris Bookshop

Some novels are appropriate for a million readers, while others are better suited for only one hundred. There are even treatments—that is, books—that were created just for one individual.A book is both a medication and a physician. It provides treatment in addition to making a diagnosis. I sell books by matching the right literature to the right illnesses.

Mr. Perdu identifies as a literary apothecary. He recommends books for life's challenges from his floating bookshop on a barge on the Seine. Perdu heals shattered hearts and souls by using his sixth sense to sense just the right book for each reader. He is still plagued by sadness after the disappearance of his great love, and the one person he can't manage to get over via books is himself. All she left him was a letter that he has never read.

Perdu hauls anchor and sets off on a journey to the south of France after he is eventually persuaded to read the letter in the hopes of finding closure for his loss and the resolution to the tale. Accompanied by an Italian chef who is in love and a best-selling novelist who is facing rejection, Perdu journeys across the nation's rivers, sharing his knowledge and books, demonstrating how literature can guide a person's spirit on a self-healing path.

The Little Paris Bookshop, an international bestseller full of warmth and adventure, is a love letter to books for everyone who thinks that tales have the ability to change people's lives.