Become a Readings Member to make your shopping experience even easier. Sign in or sign up for free!

Become a Readings Member. Sign in or sign up for free!

Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre to view your orders, change your details, or view your lists, or sign out.

Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre or sign out.

The Matchmaker of Perigord
Paperback

The Matchmaker of Perigord

$39.99
Sign in or become a Readings Member to add this title to your wishlist.

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?

Read More
In Shop
Out of stock
Shipping & Delivery

$9.00 standard shipping within Australia
FREE standard shipping within Australia for orders over $100.00
Express & International shipping calculated at checkout

MORE INFO
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
15 March 2011
Pages
384
ISBN
9780552777247

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?

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
15 March 2011
Pages
384
ISBN
9780552777247