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Left Bank
Her husband, Oliver, is the darling of the sophisticated Left Bank: philospher, gourmand and media personality, he craves adoration (and is s little too willing to return it). Oliver and Madison indulge in fine wines, bon mots, and some exceptional cheeses. Everything seems perfect—if a touch pretentious—right up until the moment a new English nanny, Anna, appears at the imposing doors of their Rue du Bac apartment. Gamine and artless, Anna unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will gravely endanger the Malins’ daughter and and their charmed lives—in ways no one could have forseen.
Lottie Carlyle is 30 years old, and she can’t quite believe what’s just happened. When you are a teenager in love with an unsuitable boy, you kind of expect your parents to object. But Lottie never imagined her children doing the same when she met Tyler Klein. He’s not wildly unsuitable either; he’s a catch. As far as Nat and Ruby are concerned, though, he’s the devil incarnate. Is Lottie only allowed to associate with men who meet their approval? And doesn’t she already have enough to worry about, what with errant ex-husband Mario up to his old tricks, beloved boss Freddie determined to catch up with old friends before life catches up with him, and best friend Cressida brazenly propositioning strangers in shops? Everyone else needs sorting out. Well that’s fine—it’s what Lottie’s best at. Until she discovers that an attack of hiccups can have the power, just possibly, of changing your life. |
ENTER the world of Oliver
and Madison Malin, the glittering inhabitants of Paris’s most
exclusive neighbourhood, the stylish and intellectual Left Bank. The
Malins’ life together in their grand apartment with their adorable
daughter is the stuff of dreams—and carefully selected celebrity
magazines. Madison is an American film star: She is beautiful and
talented and her French accent may be impeccable but she is secretly
ashamed of her bourgeois Texan roots, and the fact she has just turned
40 (although that actually happened several years ago)
Making your mind up