Sub-title: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
I picked up this book while on vacation this summer in a bookshop in International Falls, Minnesota. The place was a restaurant and bar that collects used books from travelers and the less than 6,000 residents.
This is a true story of an American in Paris discovering how to become part of Paris culture through his love of playing and owning a piano. While living in Paris as a writer, he explores the streets and shops in his neighborhood on the Left Bank and discovers a piano repair and sale shop, tucked in a musty corner. He gradually gets to meet the owner, through a connection who makes the introduction that admits him to the shop. The shop owner, Luc, becomes a friend and advisor, and reawakens his childhood love of playing the piano.
The story reveals how friendships are made and grow while revealing the world of piano making, repairing and owning. A delightful read.
Quotes:
"Life is a river and we all have to find a boat that floats."
"...the suite, as the French put it, the follow-through to circumstances and events that lends life it's air at once poignant and meaningful."
Published: 2000 Read: July 2025 Genre: Memoir
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