Overview

""This extraordinary little book touched me deeply. Part graphic novel, part literary archeology, the author slowly unpacks a dusty cellar, and brings her subject to life. Even Madeleine's recipes have risen. Who would have guessed Twitter could be so poetic."" -Elizabeth Bard, author of Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes and Picnic in Provence A young woman moves into a Paris apartment and discovers a storage room filled with the belongings of the previous owner, a certain Madeleine who died in her late nineties, and whose treasured possessions nobody seems to want. In an audacious act of journalism driven by personal curiosity and humane tenderness, Clara Beaudoux embarks on The Madeleine Project, documenting what she finds on Twitter with text and photographs, introducing the world to an unsung twentieth-century figure. Along the way, she uncovers a Parisian life indelibly marked by European history. This is a graphic novel for the Twitter age, a true story that encapsulates one woman's attempt to live a life of love and meaning together with a contemporary quest to prevent that existence from slipping into oblivion. Through it all, The Madeleine Project movingly chronicles, and allows us to reconstruct, intimate memories of a bygone era. Clara Beaudoux is a Paris-based journalist for the France Info news network. The Madeleine Project has been wildly popular in France. You can follow her on Twitter at @Clarabdx. Reading group guide to The Madeleine Project, as well as a related recipe booklet, is available free of charge at newvesselpress.com.

Full Product Details

9781939931498

Table of Contents

Reviews

This magical book tells history in a brilliant, original way for the 21st century and is a deeply moving reconstruction of an ordinary life whereby Madeleine becomes an unforgettable heroine. I loved this book and shall read it again and again. --Anne Sabba, author of Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation Having stumbled upon a time capsule in a Paris storage room, Clara Beaudoux tweeted the contents to the world. Her texts and intriguing photos of artifacts were then melded to create a unique and engaging biography. --Charles Kaiser, author of The Cost of Courage and 1968 in America This book first delights the brain, then takes over the heart. Tweets turn into literature right before our eyes. As the posts and meticulous photos unfold, the writer deepens her own identity, even as the dead Madeleine emerges in all her eccentric humanity. --Elizabeth Kendall, author of Autobiography of a Wardrobe and American Daughter Brings the past into the present in a wildly creative and imaginative way. This story is truly special and will stay with you long after you put the book down. --Samantha Verant, author of Seven Letters from Paris and How to Make A French Family <p/> Simply magical ... Words and images, magnified in this book, are woven together in small strokes to create two moving portraits of women. --Lire <p/> A beautiful book that bears witness. An original compilation of traces, thoughts and photos ... that form the strata of our collective memory. --Telerama <p/> A strange but staggering experience. --Le Figaro litteraire <p/> A hymn to recovered memory. --Elle

This magical book tells history in a brilliant, original way for the 21st century and is a deeply moving reconstruction of an ordinary life whereby Madeleine becomes an unforgettable heroine. I loved this book and shall read it again and again. --Anne Sabba, author of Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation Having stumbled upon a time capsule in a Paris storage room, Clara Beaudoux tweeted the contents to the world. Her texts and intriguing photos of artifacts were then melded to create a unique and engaging biography. --Charles Kaiser, author of The Cost of Courage and 1968 in America This book first delights the brain, then takes over the heart. Tweets turn into literature right before our eyes. As the posts and meticulous photos unfold, the writer deepens her own identity, even as the dead Madeleine emerges in all her eccentric humanity. --Elizabeth Kendall, author of Autobiography of a Wardrobe and American Daughter Brings the past into the present in a wildly creative and imaginative way. This story is truly special and will stay with you long after you put the book down. --Samantha Verant, author of Seven Letters from Paris and How to Make A French Family Simply magical ... Words and images, magnified in this book, are woven together in small strokes to create two moving portraits of women. --Lire A beautiful book that bears witness. An original compilation of traces, thoughts and photos ... that form the strata of our collective memory. --Telerama A strange but staggering experience. --Le Figaro litteraire A hymn to recovered memory. --Elle

Author Information

Clara Beaudoux is a Paris-based journalist for the France Info news network. Her documentation of The Madeleine Project gained thousands of followers on Twitter when she initiated it in November 2015. Alison Anderson is a novelist and a translator whose previous translations include The 6:41 to Paris and The Elegance of the Hedgehog. She lives in Buchillon, Switzerland.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available