NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A mouthwatering” (The New York Times) adventure through the food
art and fashion scenes of 1980s Paris—from the bestselling author of Save Me the Plums and
Delicious!An enchanting and irresistible feast . . . As with a perfect meal in the world’s most
magical city I never wanted this sublime novel to end.”—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney author of
Good Company Stella reached for an oyster tipped her head and tossed it back. It was cool and
slippery the flavor so briny it was like diving into the ocean. Oysters she thought. Where
have they been all my life? When her estranged mother dies Stella is left with an unusual
inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading Go to Paris.” Stella is hardly cut out
for adventure a traumatic childhood has kept her confined to the strict routines of her
comfort zone. But when her boss encourages her to take time off Stella resigns herself to
honoring her mother’s last wishes. Alone in a foreign city Stella falls into old habits
living cautiously and frugally. Then she stumbles across a vintage store where she tries on a
fabulous Dior dress. The shopkeeper insists that this dress was meant for Stella and for the
first time in her life Stella does something impulsive. She buys the dress—and embarks on an
adventure. Her first stop: the iconic brasserie Les Deux Magots where Stella tastes her first
oysters and then meets an octogenarian art collector who decides to take her under his wing. As
Jules introduces Stella to a veritable who’s who of the Paris literary art and culinary
worlds she begins to understand what it might mean to live a larger life. As weeks—and many
decadent meals—go by Stella ends up living as a tumbleweed” at famed bookstore Shakespeare &
Company uncovers a hundred-year-old mystery in a Manet painting and discovers a passion for
food that may be connected to her past. A feast for the senses this novel is a testament to
living deliciously taking chances and finding your true home.
