- 2011 Edition, 273 Pages
- Paperback, Format C
- Published by Headline / Review
- Very good condition
A box of mementoes opens a story of memory, war and passion
"The box is nothing extraordinary, though its contents have been known to enduce fevers..."
Trevor Stratton, an American academic newly arrived in Paris, makes an unusual discovery. Someone has left a box in his office, abox he is unable to resist opening. Inside, an assortment of letters, pictures and objects offers a window on the life of Louise Brunet, a Frenchwoman who lived through both World Wars, whose story has been lost.
As Trevor examines the relics in the box, so he falls under Louise's spell. Her love for a cousin who died in the trenches, her comfortable but stifling marriage, her attraction to a neighbour in her appartment block at 13, Rue Therese: it is as though Trevor has access to her most intimate secrets. And as the box continues to work its magic, so Trevor finds his attention to another Frenchwoman, his colleague Josianne Noireau. Josianne has her own connection to Louise Brunet's life, and it is she who takes Trevor deeper into a world of romantic intrigue.
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