Isabelle in the Afternoon

<p>'A touching exploration of passion untested by domesticity' <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><i><br>Before Isabelle I knew nothing of sex.</i><br><i>Before Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom.<br> Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life.</i><br><br> Paris in the early Seventies. Sam, an American student, meets a woman in a bookshop. Isabelle is enigmatic, beautiful, older and, unlike Sam, experienced in love's many contradictions. Sam is instantly smitten - but wary of the wedding ring on her finger. <br><br> What begins as a regular arrangement in Isabelle’s tiny Parisian apartment transforms into a true affair of the heart, and one which lasts for decades to come.<br><br> <i>Isabelle in the Afternoon</i> is a novel that questions what we seek, what we find, what we settle for - and shows how love, when not lived day in, day out, can become the passion of a lifetime.<br><br><b>Praise for Douglas Kennedy<br></b><br>‘The absolute master of love stories with heart-stopping twists’ THE TIMES<br><br>‘Kennedy is skilled at zigzag plotting, blending domestic twists with turns created by global<br> affairs’ OBSERVER</p> <p>'A touching exploration of passion untested by domesticity' <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><i><br>Before Isabelle I knew nothing of sex.</i><br><i>Before Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom.<br> Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life.</i><br><br> Paris in the early Seventies. Sam, an American student, meets a woman in a bookshop. Isabelle is enigmatic, beautiful, older and, unlike Sam, experienced in love's many contradictions. Sam is instantly smitten - but wary of the wedding ring on her finger. <br><br> What begins as a regular arrangement in Isabelle’s tiny Parisian apartment transforms into a true affair of the heart, and one which lasts for decades to come.<br><br> <i>Isabelle in the Afternoon</i> is a novel that questions what we seek, what we find, what we settle for - and shows how love, when not lived day in, day out, can become the passion of a lifetime.<br><br><b>Praise for Douglas Kennedy<br></b><br>‘The absolute master of love stories with heart-stopping twists’ THE TIMES<br><br>‘Kennedy is skilled at zigzag plotting, blending domestic twists with turns created by global<br> affairs’ OBSERVER</p>