Perestroika in Paris

by Jane Smiley

Book Overview

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris in this "feel-good escape" (The New York Times).

Paras, short for "Perestroika," is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. One afternoon at dusk, she finds the door of her stall open and--she's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052552035X
• ISBN13: 9780525520351
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

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This is a heartwarming story from the perspective of a few animals and a few human neighbors. Strangers helping strangers and becoming family