Beautiful Nights - Large Print by Nina George (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A nineteen-year-old woman and her boyfriend's mother begin an illicit affair one summer on the Brittany coast in this intense, poetic novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop

Respected Parisian behavioral biologist Claire has become increasingly desperate to feel that she is still alive and not just functioning. Julie is waiting for something that will set her on fire inside--the rush of life, colors, courage and passion. A summer in Brittany brings the two different women together. Under the blazing sun, in the endless silence of the sea and in the raging storm of a night thunderstorm, they rediscover joy of life, femininity and passion - and will never be the same again.

Sensual, intense and precise, Nina George explores femininity in all its facets. Beautiful Nights is a story of becoming who you were meant to be by breaking apart the things you've always known.

Review Quotes

Praise for Beautiful Nights

"Emotion-evoking . . . George does an excellent job with the setting of this story to amplify the feeling of longing between the women . . . There is a lot of good in this novel; the story of Claire and Julie is a moving one, and one that I think is important to be told as we take steps to change expectations of women and make them simply for a woman to be herself."--Chicago Review of Books

"George's fluid and lyrical prose carries the reader along as the story alternates from languid scenes to heavy emotions. It's a worthy choice for the beach bag."--Publishers Weekly

Praise for The Little Village of Book Lovers

"[Nina] George brings to fruition the previously fictitious novel that inspired Monsieur Perdu's floating bookshop in her bestselling The Little Paris Bookshop. . . . George's moving, magical relationship novel is full of pain and promise."--Library Journal, starred review

"An elegantly crafted, unhurried examination of the enthralling and elusive nature of love."--Kirkus Reviews

Praise for the New York Times bestselling novel The Little Paris Bookshop

"[A] bona fide international hit."--The New York Times Book Review

"If you're looking to be charmed right out of your own life for a few hours, sit down with this wise and winsome novel."--Oprah Daily

"A beautiful story of grief, companionship, forgiveness and building a life worth living . . . The Little Paris Bookshop is . . . medicine for the wounded soul."--BookPage

About the Author

Nina George is the author of The Little Paris Bookshop, The Little French Bistro, The Book of Dreams, and The Little Village of Book Lovers. The Little Paris Bookshop spent more than forty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was translated into thirty-six languages. George is the former president of the European Writers' Council. She is married to the writer Jens J. Kramer. Together they also write mystery novels and children's books. Nina George lives in Berlin and in a little fishing village in the Bretagne.