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The second novel from acclaimed French novelist.
I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere explores how a life
can be changed irrevocably in just one fateful moment. A pregnant
mother's plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling
salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the
motorway in the newspaper the next morning; while a perfect date is
spoilt by a single act of thoughtlessness. In those crucial moments
Gavalda demonstrates her almost magical skill in conveying love,
lust, longing, and loneliness. Someone I Loved is a hauntingly
intimate look at the intolerably painful, yet sometimes valuable
consequences that adultery can have on a marriage and the
individuals involved. A simple tale, yet long in substance, Someone
I Loved ends like most great love affairs, forever leaving you
wanting just one more moment.
Camille is doing her best to disappear. She barely eats, works at
night as a cleaner and lives in a tiny attic room. Downstairs in a
beautiful, ornate apartment, lives Philibert Marquet de la
Durbelliere, a shy, erudite, upper-class man with an unlikely
flatmate in the shape of the foul-mouthed but talented chef,
Franck. One freezing evening Philibert overcomes his excruciating
reitcence to rescue Camille, unconscious, from her garret and bring
her into his home. As she recovers Camille learns more about
Philibert; about Franck and his guilt for his beloved but fragile
grandmother Paulette, who is all he has left in the world; and
about herself. And slowly, this curious quartet of misfits all
discover the importance of food, friendship and love.
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