Review: "The Little Paris Bookshop" by, Nina George

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

This book is passion and pain. Whimsy and wrath. Love and loss. The hunger that makes us feel alive, and the walls we construct to hide behind. It’s been a long time since a novel drew me in at this level. All in, where my raw emotions live. This is one of those rare stories that leaves you deeply changed as you turn the final page.

Heartbreak led Jean to seal off a room in his apartment, dock his literary barge so it could no longer sail and place his life into a holding pattern of monotony. When a series of unexpected events breaks it all wide open once again, he embarks on a compelling journey of self discovery and forgiveness, finding friends along the way that need healing as much as he does.

Set on the waterways and in the charming towns of France, this tale sweeps you up in beautiful descriptive language, with poignant insights sprinkled throughout the pages. It will make you long to wander the streets of Cuisery, and explore quaint bookshops. Sit for awhile lazily reading with a cup of coffee, while Monsieur Jean Perdu selects your next book for you. One that he knows will suit your personality, and heal your very soul. As one of my favorite quotes from the book says, “A bookseller never forgets that books are a very recent means of expression in the broad sweep of history, capable of changing the world and toppling tyrants. Whenever Monsieur Perdu looked at a book, he did not see it purely in terms of a story, minimum retail price and an essential balm for the soul; he saw freedom on wings of paper.” Freedom. The release of parts of your body and heart that had once been bound. Nina George captures that.

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