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If Only It Were True
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Et si c'était vrai…: Book 1

If Only It Were True (2000) (edit title/settings)

by Marc Levy (Author) (edit contributors)

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What do you do when you find a stranger in your closet, particularly when she's surprised that you can even see her -- and she can disappear and reappear at whim? What if she then tells you that her body is actually in a coma on the other side of town? Should you have her see a psychiatrist or... read more

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Arthur, a young architect in San Francisco, finds a beautiful girl hiding in the closet of an apartment he has just bought.
The problem is, only he can see her; she is, in fact, a spirit emanation of Lauren, a nurse who is lying in a coma at a nearby hospital after a near-fatal accident;... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Arthur, a young architect in San Francisco, finds a beautiful girl hiding in the closet of an apartment he has just bought.
The problem is, only he can see her; she is, in fact, a spirit emanation of Lauren, a nurse who is lying in a coma at a nearby hospital after a near-fatal accident; the apartment used to be hers. After initially rejecting her explanation, Arthur begins to fall for Lauren, and determines that he must remove her comatose body from the hospital before her grieving mother can bring herself to cut off her life support. Helped by his skeptical business partner, Arthur accomplishes this with a borrowed ambulance and Lauren's knowledge of how the hospital works. Then the "body," along with the attendant invisible Lauren, is spirited away to the Carmel hideaway Arthur has kept since his beloved mother's death from cancer. (Life with mother is rendered in a series of saccharine scenes that would embarrass a maker of life insurance commercials.) George Pilger, one of the most improbable American police inspector ever to grace the pages of a novel, gets onto Arthur's escapade and goes down to Carmel to confront him. Will Arthur be arrested? Will Lauren die? In a gentle fable like this, there can be no real surprises. (Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc)

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  • Lauren Kline: Female main character, young intern in the San Francisco Memorial Hospital.
  • Arthur Miller: Male main character, young architect who rented Lauren's apartment.
  • Paul: Arthur's faithful friend and partner in the firm.
  • Kali: Lauren's dog.
  • Lili Miller: Arthur's deceased mother.
  • Mrs Kline: Lauren's mother.
  • Maureen: Arthur's secretary in the firm.
  • Antoine: Lili's faithful friend and the guardian of Miller's home in Carmel.
  • George Pilguez: The police inspector.
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  • “La solitude est un jardin où l'âme se dessèche, les fleurs qui y poussent n'ont pas de parfum.”
    Lili
  • “Rien n'est impossible, seules les limites de nos esprits définissent certaines choses comme inconcevables.”

Organizations edit see section history

  • Memorial Hospital: The hospital where Lauren worked and where her body was situated.

First Sentence edit see section history

Le petit réveil posé sur la table de nuit en bois clair venait de sonner.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in Et si c'était vrai…. (standard series)

Followed by Vous revoir.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Marc Levy (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: French
Publisher: Robert Laffont
Country: France
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 9782266104531
Page Count: 270

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