| Author: | Marta Morazzoni | ISBN: | 9781448130245 |
| Publisher: | Random House | Publication: | February 29, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Digital | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marta Morazzoni |
| ISBN: | 9781448130245 |
| Publisher: | Random House |
| Publication: | February 29, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Digital |
| Language: | English |
Alphonse Courrier possesses all the might reasonably make a man content: a prosperous ironmonger's business and a position of respect in his Auvergne village, a dutiful, coolly beautiful wife who runs an irreproachable household, two healthy sons, and a hidden mistress - "the ugliest girl in the village but probably the happiest".
Prying eyes and wagging tongues, however, are the life force in a small community, and though Courrier thinks he can play the village gossips with the same skill he brings to the card table, life has a way of dealing the hand you least expect ...
Alphonse Courrier possesses all the might reasonably make a man content: a prosperous ironmonger's business and a position of respect in his Auvergne village, a dutiful, coolly beautiful wife who runs an irreproachable household, two healthy sons, and a hidden mistress - "the ugliest girl in the village but probably the happiest".
Prying eyes and wagging tongues, however, are the life force in a small community, and though Courrier thinks he can play the village gossips with the same skill he brings to the card table, life has a way of dealing the hand you least expect ...
