The Matchmaker Of Perigord

Author : Julia Stuart
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061435074

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Barber Guillaume Ladoucette has always enjoyed great success in his tiny village in southwestern France, catering to the tonsorial needs of Amour-sur-Belle's thirty-three inhabitants. But times have changed. His customers have grown older—and balder. Suddenly there is no longer a call for Guillaume's particular services, and he is forced to make a drastic career change. Since love and companionship are necessary commodities at any age, he becomes Amour-sur-Belle's official matchmaker and intends to unite hearts as ably as he once cut hair. But alas, Guillaume is not nearly as accomplished an agent of amour, as the disastrous results of his initial attempts amply prove, especially when it comes to arranging his own romantic future. For every reader who adored Chocolat, Julia Stuart's The Matchmaker of Périgord is a delectable, utterly enchanting, and sinfully satisfying delight.

Author : Julia Stuart
Publisher : Random House
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407040677

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The Matchmaker Of Perigord by Julia Stuart Pdf

A perpetual breeze blows through Amour-sur-Belle, a village so ugly that even the English refuse to live there. Guillaume Ladoucette the barber is forced to give up his business as the advancing age of his customers means many have gone bald. He decides to set himself up as a matchmaker instead, for, despite its name, love is the one thing that Amour-sur-Belle lacks. Some shun Denise Vigier because her grandmother was found guilty of horizontal collaboration during the war. The bar owner refuses to serve Madame Fournier, the mushroom poisoner. And Madame Ladoucette and Madame Moreau have been trading insults for so long they have become almost a form of greeting. 'Not everyone falls instantly head over heels,' the matchmaker counsels. 'Love is like a good cassoulet, it needs time and determination.' But how can a matchmaker make love simmer - when he has not yet solved the problem of his own troubled heart?

Author : Julia Stuart
Publisher : Random House
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Dating services
ISBN : 9780552773638

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"A perpetual breeze blows through Amour-sur-Belle, a village so ugly that even the English refuse to live there. Guillaume Ladoucette the barber is forced to give up his business as the advancing age of his customers means many have gone bald. He decides to set himself up as a matchmaker instead, for, despite its name, love is the one thing that Amour-sur-Belle lacks. Some shun Denise Vigier because her grandmother was found guilty of horizontal collaboration during the war. The bar owner refuses to serve Madame Fournier, the mushroom poisoner. And Madame Ladoucette and Madame Moreau have been trading insults for so long they have become almost a form of greeting. Not everyone falls instantly head over heels, the matchmaker counsels. Love is like a good cassoulet, it needs time and determination. But how can a matchmaker make love simmer when he has not yet solved the problem of his own troubled heart?

Author : Julia Stuart
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061877575

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The Matchmaker of Perigord by Julia Stuart Pdf

“A hilarious romp.” —Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat The charming tale of a small French town in which the local barber, whose business is failing as his clients grow older and lose their hair, decides to become the town matchmaker. Barber Guillaume Ladoucette has always enjoyed great success in his tiny village in southwestern France, catering to the tonsorial needs of Amour-sur-Belle's thirty-three inhabitants. But times have changed. His customers have grown older—and balder. Suddenly there is no longer a call for Guillaume's particular services, and he is forced to make a drastic career change. Since love and companionship are necessary commodities at any age, he becomes the town's official matchmaker and intends to unite hearts as ably as he once cut hair. But alas, Guillaume is not nearly as accomplished an agent of amour, as the disastrous results of his initial attempts amply prove, especially when it comes to arranging his own romantic future. For every reader who adored Chocolat, Julia Stuart's The Matchmaker of Périgord is a delectable, utterly enchanting, and sinfully satisfying delight.

Author : Julia Stuart
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780385669689

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The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart Pdf

When Balthazar Jones is tasked with setting up an elaborate menagerie within the Tower of London's walls to house the many exotic animals gifted to the Queen, life at the Tower gets all the more interesting. Penguins escape, giraffes are stolen, and the Komodo dragon sends innocent people running for their lives. Balthazar is in charge and things are not exactly running smoothly. Then his wife Hebe decides to leave him and his beloved tortoise "runs" away.--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Author : Julia Stuart
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385676618

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The Pigeon Pie Mystery by Julia Stuart Pdf

When Indian Princess Alexandrina is left penniless by the sudden death of her father, the Maharaja of Brindor, Queen Victoria grants her a grace-and-favor home in Hampton Court Palace. Though it is rumored to be haunted, Alexandrina and her lady's maid, Pooki, have no choice but to take the Queen up on her offer. Aside from the ghost sightings, Hampton Court doesn't seem so bad. The princess is soon befriended by three eccentric widows who invite her to a picnic with all the palace's inhabitants, for which Pooki bakes a pigeon pie. But when General-Major Bagshot dies after eating said pie, and the Coroner finds traces of arsenic in his body, Pooki becomes the #1 suspect in a murder investigation. Princess Alexandrina isn't about to let her faithful servant hang. She begins an investigation of her own, and discovers that Hampton Court isn't such a safe place to live after all. With her trademark wit and charm, Julia Stuart introduces us to an outstanding cast of lovable oddballs from the palace Maze Keeper to the unconventional Lady Beatrice (who likes to dress up as a toucan--don't ask) as she guides us through the many delightful twists and turns in this fun and quirky murder mystery. Everyone is hiding a secret of the heart, and even Alexandrina may not realize when she's caught in a maze of love.

Author : Julia Stuart
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007345236

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Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London Zoo by Julia Stuart Pdf

A poignant, magical and completely original novel that you can't fail to love, for fans of Joanne Harris.

Author : Julia Stuart,Richard Morant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1405605219

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The Matchmaker of Périgord by Julia Stuart,Richard Morant Pdf

Guillaume, the barber, is forced to give up his business as the advancing age of his customers means many have gone bald. He decides to set himself up as a matchmaker instead. But how can a matchmaker make love simmer when he has not yet solved the problem of his own troubled heart?

Author : Julia Stuart
Publisher : Random House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473545885

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The Last Pearl Fisher of Scotland by Julia Stuart Pdf

From the bestselling author of Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London Zoo comes the story of one man's quest to find a pearl, save his marriage – and track down a missing rabbit named Frank 'The Last Pearl Fisher of Scotland is a gently comic, gently tragic novel, full of lyricism, humanity and the pearl that is love. Read it at once' A. L. Kennedy Brodie McBride is having a tough time. The last expert in the ancient art of pearl fishing, he’s on a quest to track down the pearl that will complete a necklace for his wife, Elspeth, convinced that the love token will save their marriage. But Scotland’s rivers are running out of mussels, Elspeth is running out of patience, and their daughter, Maggie, is running wild with her moustachioed pet rabbit. And when Maggie takes matters into her own hands, determined to keep the family together, the McBrides are soon at the centre of international commotion that will change everyone’s lives forever.

Author : Julia Stuart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1407040693

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The Matchmaker of Perigord by Julia Stuart Pdf

Author : Kate Atkinson
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385671323

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Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson Pdf

With Dickensian brilliance, Kate Atkinson creates plots peopled with unlikely heroes and villains. It's a day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a purchase she hadn't bargained for. One moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn. Witness to Tracy's Faustian exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie, who has returned to his home county in search of someone else's roots. All three characters learn that the past is never history and that no good deed goes unpunished.

Author : Annemarie Rawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798451016626

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My French Platter Replenished by Annemarie Rawson Pdf

No. 1 New Release in French Travel and General French Travel Guides. When Annemarie and Steve are unceremoniously sacked by a belligerent boss, they're forced to find a new home and work. As they take on the management of their new employers' majestic house, will the opportunities to create luscious food for the guests and explore rural France enable them to create a dream life? Or will French officialdom, family illness and a sudden career curveball send them hurrying home to New Zealand? Perfect for fans of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence, Janine Marsh's My Good Life in France and Beth Haslam's Fat Dogs and French Estates.

Author : David Sedaris
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780748123087

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Barrel Fever by David Sedaris Pdf

In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz and the National Enquirer, Sedaris's collection of stories and essays is a rollicking tour through the American Zeitgeist: a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a teenage suicide tried to incite a lynch mob at her funeral; and in his essays, David Sedaris considers the hazards of rewards of smoking, writing for Giantess magazine, and living with his scrappy brother Paul, aka 'The Rooster'. With a perfect eye and a voice infused with as much empathy as wit, Sedaris writes and reads stories and essays that target the soulful ridiculousness of our behaviour. Barrel Fever is like a blind date with modern life - and anything can happen.

Author : Julia Moses
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108426503

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The First Modern Risk by Julia Moses Pdf

Examines Europe's first significant national policies on social welfare in the late nineteenth century, which had major implications for state-society relations.

Author : Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : EAN:8596547218463

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In Château Land by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "In Château Land" by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.