Waiting on Wednesday: The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay





Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.



Paris, France: 1860's. Hundreds of houses are being razed, whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will permanently alter the face of old Paris, moulding it into a "modern city." The reforms will erase generations of history-but in the midst of the tumult, one woman will take a stand.

Rose Bazelet is determined to fight against the destruction of her family home until the very end; as others flee, she stakes her claim in the basement of the old house on rue Childebert, ignoring the sounds of change that come closer and closer each day. Attempting to overcome the loneliness of her daily life, she begins to write letters to Armand, her beloved late husband. And as she delves into the ritual of remembering, Rose is forced to come to terms with a secret that has been buried deep in her heart for thirty years. The House I Loved is both a poignant story of one woman's indelible strength, and an ode to Paris, where houses harbor the joys and sorrows of their inhabitants, and secrets endure in the very walls...

4 comments:

Giselle on February 8, 2012 at 8:00 AM said...

This sounds really good I hadn't heard of it before today! Great pick!

Giselle
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bermudaonion on February 8, 2012 at 2:56 PM said...

An ode to Paris? Sounds fabulous to me!

joyh82 on February 8, 2012 at 4:57 PM said...

Can't wait for this one to come out. Read Sara's Key and loved it.

Staci on February 11, 2012 at 3:26 PM said...

I want to read this one because I loved Sarah's Key so much and hope that the author has written another winner!

 

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