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The Red Notebook

By: Antoine Laurain
Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
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Summary

Heroic bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street. There's nothing in the bag to indicate who it belongs to, although there's all sorts of other things in it. Laurent feels a strong impulse to find the owner and tries to puzzle together who she might be from the contents of the bag. Especially a red notebook with her jottings, which really makes him want to meet her. Without even a name to go on, and only a few of her possessions to help him, how is he to find one woman in a city of millions?

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"Elegant, witty, lighthearted - and somehow very French." ( Booklist)

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short but very interesting and exciting

I have to listen to another of his books , after reading this one. hopefully will be as good

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a quick read

bit of an irritating accent in parts, a nice enough story but probably not that memorable

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An Amazing Little Book

A Wonderful spellbinding Story. I was not expecting this to be so captivating but it certainly.

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Simple but effective

The plot is very straightforward but it’s intriguing. I anticipated a happy ending but finding out how they got there was entertaining.
There was a strong sense of place, I could really feel I was in Paris. But I did not like the narrator adopting a French accent for dialogue. As it was a translation into English it would have been fine for the characters to have English accents! That jarred for me, and was the reason for 4 stars rather than 5 on performance.

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My first translated book

My first translated book thoroughly enjoyed the narrator made it a very pleasurable listen
A good gentle story of kindness & loneliness of two people who’s paths cross

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What a little gem


I thoroughly enjoyed this short mysterious little book.
I was pulled into it straightaway and so enjoyed the meandering search to find the owner of the handbag
Impeccable narration by Alex Wyndham

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Lovely story - great setting

I really enjoyed this book... Loved the Parisien setting and descriptions.. Great narration by Alex Wyndham - recommend..

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Curiosity a most human attribute!

A wonderful story where curiosity leads people to new places both within themselves and to each other.

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Nice little story

Very engaging from the beginning. Carries on in the same vain throughout. Only problem was that is was over to quickly.

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Beautiful Storyline.

I love this book. It is one I have reread often. I decided to buy the audible version and I was not disappointed.
Narration definitely adds a magical depth to certain books, this is one of them.

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