The Rest of Their Lives

Filled with larger-than-life characters and enchanting storytelling, The Rest of Their Lives is the uplifting French bestseller that is set to charm the world . . .
It's difficult to find love in a profession like Ambroise's - even his father despises what he does . . .
And while Manelle, a home help for the elderly in the same small French town, adores her days spent with her eccentric clients, she always ends her evenings alone.
But when an unusual request from Manelle's favourite client, eighty-two-year-old retired chef-gourmand Samuel, brings the two of them together for an unlikely road-trip to Switzerland - along with Ambroise's cake-loving grandmother - both of their futures will change forever, and the rest of their lives may finally begin . ..

Jean-Paul Didierlaurent lives in the Vosges region of France. His short stories have twice won the International Hemingway Award and his debut novel, The Reader on the 6.27, was a bestseller both in the UK and internationally. The Rest of Their Lives is his second novel.