{"title":"Nina George","description":"Nina George is the author of The Little Paris Bookshop, The Little French Bistro, The Book of Dreams, and The Little Village of Book Lovers. The Little Paris Bookshop spent more than forty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was translated into thirty-six languages. George is the former president of the European Writers' Council. She is married to the writer Jens J. Kramer. Together they also write mystery novels and children's books. Nina George lives in Berlin and in a little fishing village in Brittany.","products":[{"product_id":"beautiful-nights-hardcover","title":"Beautiful Nights - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA respected professor begins a secret affair with her son's girlfriend one summer on the Brittany coast in this intense, poetic novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Paris Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaire is one of Paris's most esteemed behavioral biologists, with an enviable career and family. But she has become increasingly frustrated by the stasis of her marriage, including her husband's unremarked-on affairs, and feels caged by the obligations she took on too early in life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she and her family prepare for their annual holiday to the Brittany coast, her son, Nico, comes to her with a request: Can his new girlfriend, Julie, join them for the summer? Nico feels certain that this is the next step in merging their lives together, but Julie wonders if this man is really her path or if her passions--for performance, for intimacy, for a bigger life--will jeopardize their future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat Julie and Claire don't realize is that they share a secret--they've met before, in a compromising moment whose implications color their relationship from the moment it's revealed. Both Julie and Claire are at a crossroads, each waiting for something that will set her on fire inside--the rush of life, colors, courage. Under the blazing Brittany sun, by the tranquility of the sea and in the raging of a nighttime thunderstorm, they will ignite and never be the same again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSensual, provocative, and probing, Nina George's \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Nights\u003c\/i\u003e explores femininity in all its facets and stages. It is a story of becoming who you were meant to be by breaking apart the things you've always known.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101132394719,"sku":"9780593157855","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/J4ZJ--NZ2-9780593157855.webp?v=1781068321"},{"product_id":"the-little-village-of-book-lovers-paperback","title":"The Little Village of Book Lovers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman with the extraordinary power to bring soulmates together searches for her own true love in this tender, lyrical standalone novel inspired by the \"bona fide international hit\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eThe Little Paris Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Nina George's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Little Paris Bookshop, \u003c\/i\u003e beloved literary apothecary Jean Perdu is inspired to create a floating bookstore after reading a seminal pseudonymous novel about a young woman with a remarkable gift. \u003ci\u003eThe Little Village of Book Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e is that novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Everyone knows me, but none can see me. I'm that thing you call love.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a little town in the south of France in the 1960s, a dazzling encounter with Love itself changes the life of infant orphan Marie-Jeanne forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a girl, Marie-Jeanne realizes that she can see the marks Love has left on the people around her--tiny glowing lights on the faces and hands that shimmer more brightly when the one meant for them is near. Before long, Marie-Jeanne is playing matchmaker, bringing true loves together in her village. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she grows up, Marie-Jeanne helps her foster father, Francis, begin a mobile library that travels throughout the many small mountain towns in the region of Nyons. She finds herself bringing soulmates together every place they go--and there are always books that play a pivotal role in that quest. However, the only person that Marie-Jeanne can't seem to find a soulmate for is herself. She has no glow of her own, though she waits and waits for it to appear. Everyone must have a soulmate, surely--but will Marie-Jeanne be able to recognize hers when Love finally comes her way?","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101195669727,"sku":"9780593157909","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/PyNC7qkghS9780593157909.webp?v=1781068447"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/nina-george.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}