13, rue Therese

A Novel

By Elena Mauli Shapiro (Trade Paperback, 2012)

Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of artifacts from World War I as he settles into his new office in Paris. The pictures, letters, and objects in the box relate to the life of Louise Brunet, a feisty, charming Frenchwoman who lived through both World Wars.

As Trevor examines the relics from the box, he imagines the story of Louise's life: her love for a cousin who died in the war, her marriage to a man who worked for her father, and her attraction to a neighbor in her building at 13 rue Therese. But the more time Trevor spends with the objects, the truer his imaginings become, and the more he notices another alluring Frenchwoman: Josianne, his clerk, who planted the box in his office, and with whom he finds himself falling in love.

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- Format: Trade Paperback
- Price: $14.99 US/$16.50 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9780316083331
- On Sale Date: 03/05/2012
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Elena Mauli Shapiro was born and raised in Paris, France, in an apartment below the real-life Louise Brunet's. She has a BA from Stanford University in English and French, an MFA in Fiction Writing from Mills College, and an MA in Comparative Literature from UC Davis. This novel was a finalist for the 2009 Bakeless literary prize.

"13, rue Therese is a wildly imaginative, multifaceted confection of a novel. Like a master magician, Elena Mauli Shapiro gently introduces the beguiling Louise and asks us to participate in solving her many mysteries. Louise's story, we are warned, has ensnared many great minds. By the novel's heady conclusion, we too have fallen captive to this most mischievous and provocative heroine." (author of This One is Mine).
"13, Rue Therese is a puzzle-novel and gave me the same fizzy satisfaction as completing a Sunday crossword. It will light up your brain and your heart." (bestselling author of The 19th Wife and The Danish Girl).