| "My life--my real life--started when a man walked into it, a handsome stranger in a perfectly cut suit, and, yes, I know how that sounds..." (from the first line) A tribute to classic film and true romance, this is the story of a 31-year-old caf manager and an 11-year-old who is searching for her father--and the unexpected ways in which their lives are forever changed by chance.
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As this sentimental but deeply sincere fiction debut opens, Cornelia, a 31-year-old café manager, is waiting for her life to change. At first, she thinks she's found all her answers in Martin, who seems to have stepped off the screen from one of her favorite romantic classic films into the café. Meanwhile, Clare, a sensitive, precocious 11-year-old who barely sees her father since the divorce, watches in sadness and desperation as mental illness slowly creeps over her beautiful, vivid mother. When Cornelia and Clare finally meet, Cornelia realizes that it wasn't Martin she was waiting for.
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