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Living in the pleasure-loving society of Napoleon III's France is a beautiful, capricious, good-natured yet noxious prostitute named Nana. For her, rich men give up their fortunes and honor; poor men give up their mates and even their lives.

What if our homes could tell the stories of others who lived there before us? Set in a small village near Paris, The Balcony follows the inhabitants of a single estate--including a manor and a servants' cottage--over the course of several generations, from the Belle Époque to the present day, introducing us to a fascinating cast of characters. A young American au pair develops a crush on her brilliant employer. An ex-courtesan shocks the servants,...

After surviving the genocide in their homeland, Maral Pegorian and her family arrive in Paris to start a new life, but they soon realize that the Nazi Occupation is not simply a temporary outrage to be endured.

"An intimate, captivating, and prizewinning first novel that tells the story of a family in southern France whose lives are intertwined with the history of the AIDS crisis"-- Provided by publisher. "It's 1981. As a wave of mysterious infections sweeps across the United States, a doctor in Paris encounters something unexpected: a case of a disease long thought to have been eradicated. It matches what is happening across the Atlantic -- and thus begins...

Preparing to start over in idyllic Provence, France, after learning she is pregnant, Anna and her easygoing musician partner, Tobias, embark on an unexpected journey of the heart when their daughter is born with severe disabilities, a situation that is further complicated by a rickety home, eccentric neighbors, and frequent trips to the hospital.

When members of the Jewish minority in Tunis flee to France to avoid the Germans, they hide their historical documents in the ground below the Turkish bath (hammam). Years later, one of the Jewish descendents embarks on a journey to to discover her roots and returns to Tunis. As she begins her research, she learns the legend of the hammam that tells how the floor gave way, revealing a treasure of gold."-- Sawabooks.com.