Isabelle in the Afternoon

A touching exploration of passion untested by domesticity Mail on SundayBefore Isabelle I knew nothing of sex.Before Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom.Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life.Paris in the early Seventies. Sam, an American student, meets a woman in a bookshop. Isabelle is enigmatic, beautiful, older and, unlike Sam, experienced in loves many contradictions. Sam is instantly smitten - but wary of the wedding ring on her finger.What begins as a regular arrangement in Isabelles tiny Parisian apartment transforms into a true affair of the heart, and one which lasts for decades to come.Isabelle in the Afternoon is a novel that questions what we seek, what we find, what we settle fo