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Isabelle in the Afternoon

'A touching exploration of passion untested by domesticity' Mail on Sunday

Before Isabelle I knew nothing of sex. Before Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom. Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life.

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.

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.

Isabelle in the Afternoon 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.

Praise for Douglas Kennedy

‘The absolute master of love stories with heart-stopping twists’ THE TIMES

‘Kennedy is skilled at zigzag plotting, blending domestic twists with turns created by global affairs’ OBSERVER

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 352
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-09-958523-7
  • EAN
  • 9780099585237
  • Release date
  • 2020