Happy People Read and Drink Coffee

Following the deaths of her beloved husband and daughter, Diane shuts herself off from the world and stays in her Paris apartment for a year, eschewing company and leaving the handling of her literary café, Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, to her partner, Felix. Only when Felix begs her to come away with him and escape her despair does Diane take action. She moves to a tiny Irish coastal town, where she promptly meets her caustic neighbor, photographer Edward. The two clash at every available opportunity until the stakes change and a tender love begins to bloom. Yet just when things seem to be taking off, ghosts from both their pasts threaten to destroy everything. Although this translation of the French best seller can be devoured in a day, it shouldn't be discounted. It is a heartbreaking story of love and loss that will twist readers up in knots. Diane's pain is easy to identify with, and Edward's backstory is believable. Readers will be eagerly awaiting the 2017 sequel.