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In this #1 international bestseller, a young woman leaves
everything behind to work as a librarian in a remote French
village, where she finds her outlook on life and love challenged in
every way.
Prudencia Prim is a young woman of intelligence and achievement,
with a deep knowledge of literature and several letters after her
name. But when she accepts the post of private librarian in the
village of San Ireneo de Arnois, she is unprepared for what she
encounters there. Her employer, a book-loving intellectual, is
dashing yet contrarian, always ready with a critique of her
cherished Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott. The neighbors, too,
are capable of charm and eccentricity in equal measure, determined
as they are to preserve their singular little community from the
modern world outside.
Prudencia hoped for friendship in San Ireneo but she didn't suspect
that she might find love--nor that the course of her new life would
run quite so rocky or would offer challenge and heartache as well
as joy, discovery, and fireside debate. Set against a backdrop of
steaming cups of tea, freshly baked cakes, and lovely company, The
Awakening of Miss Prim is a distinctive and delightfully
entertaining tale of literature, philosophy, and the search for
happiness.
'A beautifully written novel. Its characters are brought to life so
eloquently, and the blossoming of Miss Prim is so complete: she
learns the value in life and love that has been lost in our
modern-day hustle. An exquisite book and a joy to read' Deborah
Rodriguez, New York Times bestselling author of The Little Coffee
Shop of Kabul In this #1 international bestseller, a young woman
leaves everything behind to work as a librarian in a remote French
village: a delightful tale of love, literature, philosophy and the
search for happiness. Prudencia Prim is a young woman of
intelligence and achievement, with a deep knowledge of literature
and several letters after her name. But when she accepts the post
of private librarian in the village of San Ireneo de Arnois, she is
unprepared for what she encounters there. Her employer, a
book-loving intellectual, is dashing yet contrarian, always ready
with a critique of her cherished Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott.
The neighbours, too, are capable of charm and eccentricity in equal
measure, determined as they are to preserve their singular little
community from the modern world outside. Prudencia hoped for
friendship in San Ireneo but she didn't suspect that she might find
love - nor that the course of her new life would run quite so
rocky, would offer challenge and heartache as well as joy,
discovery and fireside debate. The Awakening of Miss Prim is a
distinctive and delightfully entertaining tale of literature,
philosophy and the search for happiness.
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