13, rue Thérèse: A Novel

American academic Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of artifacts from World War I as he settles into his new office in Paris. The pictures, letters, and objects in the box relate to the life of Louise Brunet, a feisty, charming Frenchwoman who lived through both World Wars.

As Trevor examines and documents the relics the box offers up, he begins to imagine the story of Louise Brunet's life: her love for a cousin who died in the war, her marriage to a man who… (più)

As Trevor examines and documents the relics the box offers up, he begins to imagine the story of Louise Brunet's life: her love for a cousin who died in the war, her marriage to a man who works for her father, and her attraction to a neighbor in her building at 13 rue Thérèse. The more time he spends with the objects though, the truer his imaginings of Louise's life become, and the more he notices another alluring Frenchwoman: Josianne, his clerk, who planted the box in his office in the first place, and with whom he finds he is falling in love.

This Bonus Edition eBook contains additional images of the original contents from the box of artifacts that will delight readers.

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The New Yorker : A PARIS SOJOURN AT 13, RUE THÉRÈSE (24 Gennaio 2011)

The novel, it turns out, was inspired by an actual box of keepsakes that the author found in an abandoned apartment. (...) In addition to the colored pictures eloquently revealed throughout the pages, readers are invited to explore the novel’s Web site using embedded Q.R. (Quick Response) codes, where an entire landscape of twentieth-century French sights (there’s an actual link to 13, Rue Thérèse on Google Maps), sounds (listen to Maurice Chevalier sing “Paris, Je t’aime”) and tastes (no actual tasting is involved, but there is a seemingly palatable boeuf bourguignon recipe from Julia Child) are waiting to be deciphered.