2017 Book Excellence Award Finalist Contemporary Fiction Boulevard Beausjour is a funny and touching novel of preconceptions and misconceptions with serious undertones set in Paris and a Chateau in the Loire Valley. Alice and Andy Harris are a young professional American couple recently arrived in Paris. Alice has taken up a new post as the inhouse philosopher for an international think tank and Andy is unemployed supposedly looking for a change in direction from his previous work as a well respected, hip, slick and cool art critic. As they maneuver their way around Paris individually and together they encounter new people and come up against hilarious culture clashes. They may have changed country, but their old lives are ever present in the background influencing their actions. Nearly every day Andy goes to a nearby brasserie, La Rotonde, where the management keeps his computer locked away overnight. He generally arrives in time for breakfast and often remains there for the entire day, apart from when he leaves after lunch and plays poker. Alice, although unfailingly positive and supportive of her husband, is ultimately sorely tested. Two French people take an over attentive interest in the Harris. One is Alices boss, Henri, who is forever trying to charm an unaware Alice into his arms and the other is their aristocratic and psychic landlady, Brigitte, who has fallen on hard times. Observant and kind Brigitte, supported by her bloodhound Romeo and Tarot cards, endeavors...

Binding: Paperback;226 pages; Publisher: Green Dragon Publishing Group; Classification: N/A; Weight: 458.83 g; Dimensions: N/A

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