The Matchmaker of Perigord by Julia Stuart
By Julia Stuart
Barber Guillaume Ladoucette has consistently loved nice good fortune in his tiny village in southwestern France, catering to the tonsorial wishes of Amour-sur-Belle's thirty-three population. yet occasions have replaced. His buyers have grown older—and balder. unexpectedly there is not any longer a decision for Guillaume's specific companies, and he's pressured to make a drastic profession switch. considering love and companionship are useful commodities at any age, he turns into Amour-sur-Belle's reliable matchmaker and intends to unite hearts as ably as he as soon as lower hair. yet unfortunately, Guillaume isn't really approximately as complete an agent of amour, because the disastrous result of his preliminary makes an attempt amply end up, specially in terms of arranging his personal romantic destiny.
for each reader who loved Chocolat, Julia Stuart's The Matchmaker of Périgord is a tasty, completely enthralling, and sinfully pleasant satisfaction.
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But I guess that’s not the point now, is it? ” The Slip Once she was gone, I downed another cola, then took a hot shower and shaved. I was down to the bottom on just about everything—soap, shampoo, shaving cream. I stepped out of the shower and dried my hair, rubbed on body lotion, cleaned my ears. Then to the kitchen to heat up the last of the coffee. Only to discover: no one sitting at the opposite side of the table. Staring at that chair where no one sat, I felt like a tiny child in a De Chirico painting, left behind all alone in a foreign country.
Such things happened often enough, so how could I think her leaving me was anything out of the ordinary? The long and the short of it was, it was up to her. “The long and short of it is, it’s up to you,” I said. It was a Sunday afternoon, as I dawdled with a pull-ring from a beer can, that she came out with it. Said she wanted a divorce. ” she asked, releasing her words slowly. “No, either way is not fine with me,” I said. ” “If you want to know the truth, I don’t want to leave you,” she said after a moment.
Sex with her with her ears exposed was an experience I’d never known. When it was raining, the smell of the rain came through crystal clear. When birds were singing, their song was a thing of sheer clarity. I’m at a loss for words, but that’s what it was like. ” I once asked her. “Of course not,” she said. ” “A duty. Dry and tasteless, like chewing newsprint. But that’s okay. ” “Then you ought to show them,” I said. ” For sure, there were a lot of things I didn’t understand at all. For instance, the reason why she treated me special.