Vanessa Yus Magical Paris Tea Shop - Roselle Lim Kartoniert (TB)

From the critically acclaimed author of Natalie Tan s Book of Luck and Fortune comes a new delightful novel about exploring all the magical possibilities of life in the most extraordinary city of all: Paris. Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people's fortunes or misfortunes in tealeaves. Ever since she can remember Vanessa has been able to see people's fortunes at the bottom of their teacups. To avoid blurting out their fortunes she converts to coffee but somehow fortunes escape and find a way to complicate her life and the ones of those around her. To add to this plight her romance life is s o nonexistent that her parents enlist the services of a matchmaking expert from Shanghai. After her matchmaking appointment Vanessa sees death for the first time. She decides that she can't truly live until she can find a way to get rid of her uncanny abilities. When her eccentric Aunt Evelyn shows up with a tempting offer to whisk her away Vanessa says au revoir to California and bonjour to Paris. There Vanessa learns more about herself and the root of her gifts and realizes one thing to be true: knowing one's destiny isn't a curse but being unable to change it is.