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The Lost Manuscript

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When Anne-Lise Briard books a room at the Beau Rivage Hotel for her vacation on the Brittany coast, she has no idea this trip will start her on the path to unearthing a mystery. In search of something to read, she opens up her bedside table drawer in her hotel room, and inside she finds an abandoned manuscript. Halfway through the pages, an address is written. She sends pages to the address, in hopes of potentially hearing a response from the unknown author. But not before she reads the story and falls in love with it. The response, which she receives a few days later, astonishes her... Not only does the author write back, but he confesses that he lost the manuscript thirty years prior on a flight to Montreal. And then he reveals something even more shocking—that he was not the author of the second half of the book. Anne-Lise can't rest until she discovers who this second mystery author is, and in doing so tracks down every person who has held this manuscript in their hands. Through the letters exchanged by the people whose lives the manuscript has touched, she discovers long-lost love stories and intimate secrets. Romances blossom and new friends are made. Everyone's lives are made better by this book—and isn't that the point of reading? And finally, with a plot twist you don't see coming, she uncovers the astonishing identity of the author who finished the story.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from November 2, 2020
      French novelist Bonidan makes her English-language debut with this poignant and powerful epistolary romance about the effect a book can have on the lives of its readers. Anne-Lise Briard is surprised to discover an unpublished manuscript in a hotel nightstand in Brittany. She’s quickly entranced by the brief but passionate love affair contained within its pages and, after she’s finished reading, she feels compelled to send the manuscript to an address written in the margins, hoping to reunite the work with its author. In reply, she receives a note from Sylvestre Fahmer, who lost the manuscript when it was still a half-finished work in progress on a trip to Montreal in 1983. Intrigued by the mystery of who could have completed the story, Anne-Lise and Sylvestre search for the second author. Together with Anne-Lise’s childhood friend, Maggy, and William, an international poker player they meet along the way, they retrace the manuscript’s path across Europe through correspondence with the people who have read it, uncovering the way the novel has affected the lives and loves of its readers. The epistolary form allows Bonidan to incorporate myriad emotional love stories, resulting in a sweeping, heart-tugging romance. Readers will be thrilled. Agent: Marleen Seegers, 2 Seas Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Four talented narrators--Elodie Yung, Rupert Degas, C�cile Delepi�re, and Jean Brassard--come together to present this epistolary novel about a manuscript found at an inn in Brittany. Finding the manuscript and researching its provenance is Anne-Lise, a Parisian with a love of books and the tenacity to track down those who have touched and been touched by the manuscript. Anne-Lise as portrayed by Yung is curious and bright, a character who exudes a boisterous bonhomie. Other portrayals include Maggie, her longtime friend, played by Delepi�re; Sylvestre, the charmingly French writer of the original manuscript, played by Brassard; and William, the quintessential Englishman, played by Degas, plus other French and Canadian correspondents. The voice of each letter writer is distinct and appropriate. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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