NEW RELEASE
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop In Paris - Jenny Colgan (2013)
Anna Trent feels like she'll never be whole again after a disastrous accident at work leaves her in the hospital for ages. However, fate intervenes in the form of her former French teacher, Claire, who becomes her closest friend during her recovery. Claire insists that Anna go to Paris to work in a world-famous chocolate shop, though Anna has her reservations about the idea. Once she arrives in Paris, Anna is overwhelmed by the city and her small flat shared with a flamboyant man named Sami. Working in the shop at the crack of dawn is the only thing that keeps her going but when disaster strikes, can Anna pick up the pieces without letting everyone down? Once again, Jenny Colgan has created a delectable novel filled with quirky characters and a beautiful backdrop. Her knowledge of Paris and chocolate will make you feel like you're right there alongside Anna in the shop or exploring the city. It's a great story about finding yourself and realising that no matter how much you feel like no one could love you for you, sometimes it just takes you loving yourself first. (AS)
Jenny Colgan has embraced a foodie theme again with her latest novel The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris. The synopsis says: "As dawn breaks over the Pont Neuf, and the cobbled alleyways of the great city start to come to life, Anna Trent is already awake and at work; already mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate to be found anywhere; made entirely by hand and sold for a fortune in tiny amounts to the grandes dames of Paris. It is a huge shift from the chocolate factory she worked in back home in the north of England - that is, until an accident changed everything, and Anna was thrown back in touch with her high school French teacher, Claire, who offered her the chance of a lifetime - to work in Paris with her former sweetheart, Thierry, a master chocolatier. With old wounds about to be uncovered and healed, Anna is set to discover more about real chocolate - and herself - than she ever dreamed." The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris is out in March.