fatima's good fortune - J & G Dryansky

She can change your life. If only she could change her own... Fatima Monsour doesn't feel fortunate at all. She has left her home on a beautiful Tunisian island to work for the exacting Countess Palais du Roc and arrives in Paris to find impossible challenges and frightening surprises at every turn. She is baffled by even the most mundane tasks walking the dog, buying the groceries and taking the metro. But her natural compassion and sheer grit ensure her survival and gradually, Fatima's unique gift for altering the lives of those around her begins to have an astonishing effect. Her new friends-including her flamboyant American neighbour, Hadley Hadley III and Hippolyte Suget, a bashful ballet dancer turned burglar all benefit from the extraordinary luck that follows in her wake. And then, suddenly, it's Fatima's turn, her moment to seize happiness...

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