02778cam a2200349 4500 241513561 TxAuBib 20150825120000.0 150626s2015||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9781410481702 1410481700 TxAuBib George, Nina, 1973- The Little Paris Bookshop [large print] : a novel / Nina George ; translated by Simon Pare. Wheeler Pub Inc, 2015. Translation of : Lavendelzimmer. "Originally published in Germany as Das Lavendelzimmer by Knaur Verlag in 2013"--Verso title page. ""There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred. There are even remedies--I mean books--that were written for one person only...A book is both medic and medicine at once. It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: that's how I sell books." Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitivefeel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which hehas never opened. After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and alovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country's rivers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself. Internationally bestselling and filled with warmth and adventure, The Little Paris Bookshop is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives"-- ""A book is both doctor and medicine. It makes diagnoses and provides therapy. Bringing the right novels together with the appropriate people is the way I sell books.". 20150825. Booksellers and bookselling Fiction. Books and reading Fiction. Mental healing Fiction. FICTION / Psychological. FICTION / Romance / Contemporary. FICTION / Literary. Love Stories. Large type books. Paris (France) Fiction. Psychological fiction. Pare, Simon., translator.