The butler
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two different worlds and two very different lives collide in Paris in this captivating novel by Danielle Steel.
Joachim von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German mother, inseparable from his identical twin, Javier. When Joachim moves to Paris with his mother in his late teens, his twin stays behind and enters a dark world. Meanwhile, Joachim begins training to be a butler, fascinated by the precision and intense demands, and goes on to work in some of the grandest homes in England. His brother never reappears.
Olivia White has given ten years of her life to her magazine, which failed, taking all her dreams with it. A bequest from her mother allows her a year in Paris to reinvent herself. She needs help setting up a home in a charming Parisian apartment. It is then that her path and Joachim’s cross.
Joachim takes a job working for Olivia as a lark and enjoys the whimsy of a different life for a few weeks, which turn to months as the unlikely employer and employee learn they enjoy working side by side. At the same time, Joachim discovers the family history he never knew: a criminal grandfather who died in prison, the wealthy father who abandoned him, and the dangerous criminal his twin has become. While Olivia struggles to put her life back together, Joachim’s comes apart.
Stripped of their old roles, they strive to discover the truth about each other and themselves, first as employer and employee, then as friends. Their paths no longer sure, they are a man and woman who reach a place where the past doesn’t matter and only what they are living now is true.
Joachim von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German mother, inseparable from his identical twin, Javier. When Joachim moves to Paris with his mother in his late teens, his twin stays behind and enters a dark world. Meanwhile, Joachim begins training to be a butler, fascinated by the precision and intense demands, and goes on to work in some of the grandest homes in England. His brother never reappears.
Olivia White has given ten years of her life to her magazine, which failed, taking all her dreams with it. A bequest from her mother allows her a year in Paris to reinvent herself. She needs help setting up a home in a charming Parisian apartment. It is then that her path and Joachim’s cross.
Joachim takes a job working for Olivia as a lark and enjoys the whimsy of a different life for a few weeks, which turn to months as the unlikely employer and employee learn they enjoy working side by side. At the same time, Joachim discovers the family history he never knew: a criminal grandfather who died in prison, the wealthy father who abandoned him, and the dangerous criminal his twin has become. While Olivia struggles to put her life back together, Joachim’s comes apart.
Stripped of their old roles, they strive to discover the truth about each other and themselves, first as employer and employee, then as friends. Their paths no longer sure, they are a man and woman who reach a place where the past doesn’t matter and only what they are living now is true.
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Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Fiction
Butlers
Butlers -- England -- Fiction
Butlers -- Fiction
Criminal behavior
Criminal behavior -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
England -- Fiction
Family relationships
Family relationships -- Fiction
Fiction
Gangster fiction
Homecoming
Homecoming -- Fiction
Large print books
Literature
Man-woman relationships
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Paris (France) -- Fiction
Romance
Romance fiction
Twin brothers
Twin brothers -- Fiction
Twins
Twins -- Fiction
Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Fiction
Butlers
Butlers -- England -- Fiction
Butlers -- Fiction
Criminal behavior
Criminal behavior -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
England -- Fiction
Family relationships
Family relationships -- Fiction
Fiction
Gangster fiction
Homecoming
Homecoming -- Fiction
Large print books
Literature
Man-woman relationships
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Paris (France) -- Fiction
Romance
Romance fiction
Twin brothers
Twin brothers -- Fiction
Twins
Twins -- Fiction
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-26 18:32:32PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-26 18:33:38PM |
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"The moment the plane touched down at Ministro Pistorini Airport in Buenos Aires, Joachim von Hartmann knew in every fiber of his being that he was home. It was almost as if his heart and soul, and even his body, knew it. He had left as a boy of seventeen, twenty-five years before, when he moved to France with his mother, and new French stepfather. Eight years later, he went to England on a lark, which turned into a worthy career for the past seventeen years. His roots are now firmly planted in Europe, but he realized as he breathed the air of Buenos Aires that his heart had remained here"--Provided by publisher.
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Gangster fiction
Homecoming -- Fiction
Large print books
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England -- Fiction
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