Consolation

An international bestseller and French publishing sensation Consolation is a dazzling heartbreaking tale of one man two remarkable women and an unforgettable transvestite.Charles Balanda is forty-seven; a successful architect he is constantly on the move. But from the moment he hears about the death of the woman he once loved - Anouk the tragically big-hearted mother of a childhood friend - his life begins to unravel until one day he finds himself on a Paris pavement covered in blood. But fate brings him one final chance to be happy in Kate an enchanting young woman herself damaged but fearless and in love with life.The resulting story is a triumphant spellbinding and ultimately consoling novel about the power of a second chance.