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The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris: A Novel with Recipes
Author:
Colgan, Jenny
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Class:
Fiction
Age: Adult
Language: English
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LC: PR6053.O
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ISBN-13: 9781402284403
LCCN: 2013031055
Imprint: Sourcebooks Landmark
Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc
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Pub Date: 02/04/2014
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $14.99
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Trade Paper
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Physical Description:
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vi, 374 pages ; 21 cm
H 8.25",
W 5.5",
D 0.96",
0.87 lbs.
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Brodart's Insight Catalog: Adult
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TIPS Subjects:
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Domestic Fiction
Humorous Fiction
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BISAC Subjects: |
FICTION / Women
FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy
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LC Subjects:
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Bakers, Fiction
Chocolate industry, France, Fiction
Paris (France), Fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Bakers and bakeries, Fiction
Chocolate industry, France, Fiction
Paris (France), Fiction
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| Annotations |
| ONIX annotations | 03/21/2024 |
| "Sheer indulgence from start to finish." - Sophie Kinsella
Anna Trent may be a supervisor in a chocolate factory...but that doesn't necessarily mean she knows how to make chocolate. So when a fateful accident gives her the opportunity to work at Paris's elite chocolatier Le Chapeau Chocolat, Anna expects to be outed as a fraud.
After all, there is a world of difference between chalky, mass-produced English chocolate and the gourmet confections Anna's new boss creates.
But with a bit of luck and a lot of patience, Anna might learn that the sweetest things in life are always worth working for.
A heartwarming, bittersweet story of life, love and chocolate, fans of Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Weiner and Jill Mansell will be craving sweets along with this tale of love lost and found.
What reviewers are saying about The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris:
"both believable and funny, while the Parisian setting makes this story practically irresistible." - Shelf Awareness Reader
"This cross-generational story is as irresistible as Colgan's portrayal of Paris itself-and all things chocolate. " - Publishers Weekly
"Heartwarming and funny..." -Booklist
"will have you laughing one moment and crying the next... will entertain you at every turn." - RT Book Reviews
"A tale of two Englishwomen in Paris, of love lost and found Gently and lovingly done." - Dear Author
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| Booklist | 12/01/2013 |
| Set mostly in Paris and intertwining two main voices, this sweet confection by best-selling Colgan (Amanda's Wedding, 2001) is heartwarming and funny. Anna Trent is 30 when she is bizarrely injured at her job in a chocolate factory in the north of England. Her difficult hospital recovery is only brightened by the unexpected presence of her high-school French teacher, Claire, who harbors memories of the path not taken in her youth. Recognizing in Anna a kindred spirit who needs prodding to fully embrace life, Claire suggests Anna take a job with a renowned chocolatier in Paris, the larger-than-life Thierry Girard. Anna travels to Paris and discovers an eye-opening world. As Anna alternately stumbles and soars through her new days, her story unfolds alongside Claire's, who had her own Parisian adventure in 1972. Romantic love and loss outline each character's story as she painfully yet fully grows from her experiences. Delightful and compassionate, this will resonate with readers of women's fiction. Chocolate recipes from the author, listed in the back of the book, add to its charm. Trevelyan, Julie. 384p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2013. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 11/11/2013 |
| Parallel love stories play out in Paris a generation apart in this funny, lyrical story from U.K.-based chick-lit writer Colgan (Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe), about striving for perfection--and forgiveness. Anna Trent and her former French teacher, Claire Shawcourt, reconnect at the hospital where Anna is recovering from a bizarre industrial accident--a spill at the chocolate factory where she works, which has left her missing two of her toes. The cancer-stricken Claire, meanwhile, is being administered chemotherapy. The women bond over their shared pain, and Claire, inspired by the life-changing trip she took to Paris at age 17 in 1972, decides to help launch Anna on her own journey of discovery. What Claire doesn't anticipate, though, is that Anna will take a job at the famed Parisian chocolate shop of the older woman's first lover, Thierry, and that Anna will fall in love with Thierry's estranged son, Laurent. The City of Lights is not just a backdrop here--it's the beacon guiding Anna's emotional awakening and Claire's reconciliation with her first and last love. This cross-generational story is as irresistible as Colgan's portrayal of Paris itself--and all things chocolate. Agent: Deborah Schneider, Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents. (Feb.). 384p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2013. |
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