Liam Callanan

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband. . . . When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris. Hoping to uncover clues--and her husband--Leah sets off for France with her girls. Upon their arrival, she discovers an unfinished manuscript, one Robert had been writing without her knowledge . . . and that he had set in Paris. The Eady girls follow the path of the manuscript to a small, floundering English-language bookstore whose weary proprietor is eager to sell. Leah finds herself accepting the offer on the spot. As the family settles into their new Parisian life, they trace the literary paths of some beloved Parisian classics, including Madeline and The Red Balloon, hoping more clues arise. But a series of startling discoveries forces Leah to consider that she may not be ready for what solving this mystery might do to her family--and the Paris she thought she knew. Charming, haunting, and triumphant, Paris by the Book follows one woman's journey as she writes her own story, exploring the power of family and the magic that hides within the pages of a book.

Paris by the Book

During World War II, Louis Belk, a young American bomb disposal sergeant, is sent on a mission to Anchorage, Alaska, to find and disarm the balloon bombs launched by the Japanese against North America, a search that leads him to encounters with a variety of haunting individuals and sends him on a lifelong quest to understand the meaning of faith, friendship, trust, and love. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

The Cloud Atlas

When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris.

a novel

Paris by the book

A Novel

When in Rome

Eine Ode an die Bücher und das ewige Paris. Liam Callanan nimmt uns mit auf ein charmantes Verwirrspiel.« Antoine Laurain

Es beginnt in Paris. In Paris, Wisconsin. Robert und Leah sehnen sich nach der Stadt der Liebe, doch glauben sie kaum noch daran, dass dieser Traum je in Erfüllung gehen wird. Als Robert eines Tages verschwindet, finden Leah und ihre Töchter nur eine Flugnummer und ein Manuskript. Es führt sie nach Paris, Frankreich; in eine Stadt, die Robert für sie erfunden zu haben scheint. Auf den Spuren seines Romans, der ihnen wie ihr eigenes Leben vorkommt, wandeln sie durch die Straßen, kaufen einen Buchladen, der offenbar nur auf sie gewartet hat und beginnen ein neues Leben – stets in der Hoffnung, das so schmerzlich vermisste Gesicht in der Menge zu entdecken.

Ich erfinde dir Paris 

»Eine Ode an die Bücher und das ewige Paris. Liam Callanan nimmt uns mit auf ein charmantes Verwirrspiel.« Antoine Laurain Es beginnt in Paris. In Paris, Wisconsin. Robert und Leah sehnen sich nach der Stadt der Liebe, doch glauben sie kaum noch daran, dass dieser Traum je in Erfüllung gehen wird. Als Robert eines Tages verschwindet, finden Leah und ihre Töchter nur eine Flugnummer und ein Manuskript. Es führt sie nach Paris, Frankreich; in eine Stadt, die Robert für sie erfunden zu haben scheint. Auf den Spuren seines Romans, der ihnen wie ihr eigenes Leben vorkommt, wandeln sie durch die Straßen, kaufen einen Buchladen, der offenbar nur auf sie gewartet hat und beginnen ein neues Leben – stets in der Hoffnung, das so schmerzlich vermisste Gesicht in der Menge zu entdecken.

Ich erfinde dir Paris

HELLO!’s ‘Pick of the Week’ A whirlwind mystery and unravelling love story set in a little bookshop in the heart of Paris.

Paris by the Book: one of the most enchanting and uplifting books of the summer!

Un inno all'amore per la lettura e al coraggio che sanno infonderci i libri. Perché, a volte, vivere come in un romanzo è l'unico modo per ritrovare la felicità. «Un romanzo che unisce la magia di Parigi e l'amore per i libri... irresistibile! » San Francisco Chronicle «Un romanzo sublime, ambientato in una Parigi da sogno.» Publishers Weekly «Stappate una bottiglia di vino, poi aprite questo meraviglioso libro e godetevelo. » Margot Livesey Leah Eady è abituata alle assenze del marito. Ogni volta che lavora a un nuovo romanzo, Robert scompare per qualche tempo, lasciando una nota con scritto: Torno presto. Stavolta, però, al posto del solito biglietto, Leah trova la prenotazione di un volo per Parigi a nome suo e delle figlie. Possibile che Robert voglia essere raggiunto? Eppure, arrivate in Francia, non c'è il marito ad accoglierle, bensì il suo manoscritto, incompiuto, che racconta di una famiglia americana che si trasferisce a Parigi. Seguendo gli indizi disseminati nel testo, Leah s'imbatte in una graziosa libreria del Marais, vicino alla Senna, con la facciata dipinta di rosso e una proprietaria che non vede l'ora di cedere l'attività. Quasi senza rendersene conto, Leah acquista il negozio e le centinaia di volumi stipati sugli scaffali, nella speranza che, in una di quelle storie, si celi un tassello del puzzle che la riporterà da Robert. Più passano le settimane, però, più Leah si sente rinascere: rispetto all'esistenza grigia che conduceva a Milwaukee, la vita parigina è un caleidoscopio di colori. E, tra le chiacchiere coi simpatici clienti della libreria e la magia dei libri che lei divora avidamente, Leah si rende conto che, con o senza Robert, è giunto il momento di prendere in mano la sua vita, e che tocca a lei scegliere il finale del manoscritto incompiuto da cui tutto ha avuto inizio.

Il manoscritto incompiuto

The acclaimed author of The Cloud Atlas returns with a wondrous second novel. Set in a small beachfront Catholic high school, narrated by a beautifully complex heroine–theology teacher Emily Hamilton–All Saints is at once a mystery, a love story, and a powerful rumination on secrets, temptation, and faith. By life’s midpoint Emily has seen three husbands, dozens of friends, and hundreds of students come and go. And now her classroom, long her refuge, is proving to be anything but. Though her popular, occasionally irreverent church history course is rich with stories of long-dead saints, Emily uneasily discovers that it’s her own tumultuous life that fascinates certain students most. She in turn finds herself drawn into their world, their secrets, and the fateful choices they make. A novel of mystery and illumination, calling and choice, All Saints explores lives lived in a fragile sanctuary–from Emily and her many saints to a priest facing his own mortality and a teenager tormented by desire. Told with grace and compassion, this is a spellbinding novel of provocative storytelling.

All Saints

Listen is a book where characters ask readers to do just that: listen to their stories, especially because many aren't the type of people who often get listened to - even though they should. These characters' trials, missed connections, and sundry challenges are full of surprises - some good, some bad, some funny, some wise, and some all this at once. Perhaps most surprising of all, there's tenderness here and a lot of heart - which often gets the collection's characters into a lot of trouble.

Listen & Other Stories

Pam Jenoff

Linda Finlay

SC Worrall

‘A gripping tale’ MY WEEKLY ‘Thrilling’ WOMAN ‘A truly gripping read of mystery, love and heroism’ FROST MAGAZINE The Lost Girls of Paris is an emotional story of friendship and betrayal during the second world war, inspired by true events – from the international bestseller Pam Jenoff.

The Sweethearts Collection: The Bon Bon Girl / The Flower Seller / The Very White of Love / Paris By The Book / The Lost Girls of Paris

Recently single, Emily Hamilton, an iconoclastic fifty-year-old theology teacher at All Saints Co-Ed Catholic High School, spends her days teaching her students about some of the church's long-forgotten saints and martyrs, until a student's unusual version of a class assignment brings Emily face to face with temptations past and present. By the author of The Cloud Atlas. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Emily Hamilton, a fifty-year-old teacher at a Catholic high school, teaches her students about long-forgotten saints and martyrs, until a student's unusual version of a class assignment brings Emily face to face with temptations past and present.

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