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It Never Rains But It Paws – A Road Trip Through Politics And A Pandemic

It Never Rains But It Paws – A Road Trip Through Politics And A Pandemic
  • Author(s): Jacqueline Lambert
  • Location(s): France, Italy
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

“A great mix of puppies, politics and a pandemic with plenty of sightseeing thrown in. There’s something for everyone.” Lisa Rose Wright: Author of the ‘Writing Home’ series. “The mix of fun, humour, travel, exploits and anecdotes is lovely....

It Started With A Note

It Started With A Note
  • Author(s): Victoria Cooke
  • Location(s): Northern France
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Superhero single mum Cath always puts other people first. But now that she’s seen her son safely off to university (phew!), life seems a little, well…empty. So when Cath unexpectedly discovers some letters written by her great-grandfather during the...

Jazz Moon

Jazz Moon
  • Author(s): Joe Okonkwo
  • Location(s): Harlem, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

In a lyrical, captivating debut set against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance and glittering Jazz Age Paris, Joe Okonkwo creates an evocative story of emotional and artistic awakening. On a sweltering summer night in 1925, beauties in beaded...

Jean de Florette

Jean de Florette
  • Author(s): Marcel Pagnol
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Au village des Bastides Blanches, on hait ceux de Crespin. C’est pourquoi lorsque Jean Cadoret, le Bossu, s’installe à la ferme, des Romarins, on ne. lui parle pas de la source cachée. Ce qui facilite les manoeuvres des Soubeyran,...

Josephine’s Garden

Josephine’s Garden
  • Author(s): Stephanie Parkyn
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1794 - 1810

In the aftermath of the bloody end to the French Revolution, Rose de Beauharnais stumbles from prison on the day she is to be guillotined. Within a decade, she’ll transform into the scandalous socialite who marries Napoleon Bonaparte, become...

Journey

Journey
  • Author(s): Liz Garnett
  • Location(s): Brittany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s

Artist Aggie is running out of money and ideas for a new style of art. There is only one solution. Aggie and her 16-year-old son, Miles, head off to France on a road trip. For Aggie, it is a...

Just Like Tomorrow

Just Like Tomorrow
  • Author(s): Faiza Guene
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Fifteen-year-old Doria isn’t in a good place. Or to be precise: she’s in the sadly misnamed Paradise Estate on the outskirts of Paris. Her father has gone off back Morocco to find a wife who can give him a...

Katharine’s Wish

Katharine’s Wish
  • Author(s): Linda Lappin
  • Location(s): Fontainebleau, Italy, London, Switzerland, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

In her new novel, Linda Lappin (author of THE ETRUSCAN) explores the final years in the life of short story writer and literary figure, Katherine Mansfield, focusing on her relationships with Ida Baker and John Middleton Murry against the...

Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow

Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow
  • Author(s): Faiza Guene
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

The Paradise projects are only a few metro stops from Paris, but here it’s a whole different kind of France. Doria’s father, the Beard, has headed back to their hometown in Morocco, leaving her and her mom to cope...

Kiki de Montparnasse

Kiki de Montparnasse
  • Author(s): Catel, Jose-Luis Bocquet
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): 1920s

In the bohemian and brilliant Montparnasse of the 1920s, Kiki managed to escape poverty to become one of the most charismatic figures of the avant-garde years between the wars. Partner to Man Ray – whose most legendary photos she...

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