Muriel Barbery is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Gourmet Rhapsody, The Life of Elve sand A Strange Country. This stunning fifth novel from international bestseller Muriel Barbery is a mesmerising story of second chances, of beauty born out of grief. Through her father's itinerary, he opens his heart posthumously to his daughter, and Rose finds love where she least expects it. Her bitterness is soothed by the temples, Zen gardens and teahouses, and by her encounters with her father's friends.Īs she recognises what she has lost, and as secrets are divulged, Rose learns to accept a part of herself that she has never before acknowledged. Paul, her father's assistant, takes Rose on a mysterious pilgrimage designed by her deceased father. When her Japanese father dies and she finds herself an orphan, she leaves France for Kyoto to hear the reading of his will. Rose has turned forty, but has barely begun to live. As the reading of the will gets closerRose’s father finallyposthumouslyopens his heart to his daughteroffering her a poignant understanding of his love and a way to accept all she has lost.From the bestselling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes a story about a woman's journey, in which she discovers the father she never knew and a love she never thought possible.

During their walksRose encounters acquaintances of her father–including a potter and poetan old lady friendhis housekeeper and chauffeur–whose interactions help her to slowly begin to accept a part of herself that she has never before acknowledged. As Paul guides Rose along a mysterious itinerary designed by her deceased fatherher bitterness and anger are soothed by the stones and the trees in the Zen gardens they move through. And so for the first time in her life she finds herself in Japan,where Paulher father’s assistantis waiting to greet her. Rose has just turned forty when she gets a call from a lawyer asking her to come to Kyoto for the reading of her estranged father’s will.

From the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes a story about a woman’s journey to discover the father she never knew and a love she never thought possible.

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