September - Books of the Month

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Bonjour mes amies! French Intrigue is the theme for this month’s reads, and two titles have been selected from Gallic books.

The first is by Claude Izner, which is intriguing in itself, as this is the pseudonym of two sisters, both booksellers on the banks of the Seine, who are experts on nineteenth-century Paris.  In ‘Murder on the Eiffel Tower’ Victor Legris, a young bookseller, is determined to discover whether a young woman really died from a bee sting on the newly finished Eiffel Tower in 1889. This is the first book in a series that colourfully evokes late nineteenth-century Paris.

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The second title, the Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery was selected for its intriguing chapter headings! Told in alternating chapters, this is an unlikely story of the relationship between a French concierge and the precocious twelve-year-old who lives in her Paris apartment building. Each hide their true personalities, but bring out the best in each other.

Whichever book you choose to read should generate some intriguing discussion at our next meeting…