Chez Moi

by Desarthe, Agnes; Hunter, Adriana

• ISBN13: 9780143113232
• ISBN10: 0143113232
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-29
• Publisher: Penguin Books

Summary

A profound and tender novel about a woman’s troubled past— and her enduring love of cooking At forty-three, Myriam has been a wife, mother, and lover—but never a restauranteur. When she opens Chez Moi in a quiet neighborhood in Paris, she has no idea how to run a business, but armed only with her love of cooking, she is determined to try. Barely able to pay the rent, Myriam secretly sleeps in the dining room and bathes in the kitchen sink, while struggling to come to terms with the painful memories of her past. But soon enough her delectable cuisine brings her many neighbors to Chez Moi, and Myriam finds that she may get a second chance at life and love. Redolent with the sights, smells, and tastes of Paris, Chez Moiis a charming story that will appeal to the many readers who fell in love with Joanne Harris’s Chocolatand Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate.

Author Biography

Agn+¿s Desarthe has published six novels in France as well as more than twenty-five children-'s books. She has also translated numerous books from English to French. She lives in Paris with her husband and two children. Adriana Hunter has been working as a literary translator since 1998 and has now translated more than thirty books from the French, including two other novels by Agn+¿s Desarthe.