About the Book: Wide World
The first epic novel in THE GLORIOUS YEARS series from the two times winner of
the prestigious Prix-Goncourt
You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those
great 19th century novels that Lemaitre will remind you of Sunday Times
The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in Beirut, dominated by
Louis, who has built a hugely successful business manufacturing artisanal soaps.
Louis has three sons, but none seems to have the aptitude for commerce he
desires.
Theres Jean, the eldest, a feckless man who is both lazy and weak. When his
ambitious wife suggests a move to