Rapid Review: The Girl Who Reads On The Métro by Christine Féret-Fleury
Paris is always a good idea. The world is pretty hideous in most ways, but at least we’ll always have Paris.
This is a very French book. Much pondering on both the futility and also the beauty of life; but also full of whimsy. Which isn’t a word we see enough of, in my opinion.
Juliette has always been interested by what strangers read while on the metro. One day, she decides on a whim to get off several stops early, and finds herself in a dusty warehouse filled with thousands of books. Oh, and a man and his young daughter. They’re sad and also whimsical.
Juliette becomes a passeur - someone who gives books to others, finding the right books at the right time for the right person. Which is what I’ve always done, though I didn’t know there was a name for it.
Maybe I should do it in Paris…?
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