Happy People Read and Drink Coffee

　　戴安在巴黎街角開了一家咖啡館，擁有快樂滿足的人生，直到一場車禍徹底撞碎她的家，同時奪走丈夫與孩子的生命。瞬間失去最愛，她關閉心房也收起了咖啡館，將自己放逐到遙遠的愛爾蘭，在異鄉，她只想獨自重建人生，直到遇見壞脾氣的攝影師愛德華... 這場她不想要的愛情，會癒合她的傷嗎？

　　A wife, mother, and owner of Happy People, a cosy coffee shop-turned library in Paris, Diane seems to have the perfect life. But when she suddenly loses her husband and daughter in a car accident, her life is overturned and the world as she knows it disappears. Trapped by her memories, Diane closes her shop and retreats from friends and family. One year later, she moves from Paris to a small town on the Irish coast, determined to heal by rebuilding her life alone, without anyone's help or pity - until she meets Edward, a handsome and moody Irish photographer. Along windy shores and cobbled streets, Diane falls into a surprising and tumultuous romance. As she works to overcome her painful memories, Diane and Edward's once-in-a-lifetime connection inspires her to love herself and the world around her with new-found inner strength and happiness. But will it last when Diane leaves Ireland, and Edward, for good?

作者簡介

　　After six years as a clinical psychologist, Agnes Martin-Lugand now devotes herself to literature full-time. Happy People Read and Drink Coffee is her first novel. Sandra Smith is a critically acclaimed translator of French literature. She has previously worked on Suite Francaise and subsequent novels by Irene Nemirovsky, as well as a new translation of The Outsider by Albert Camus.