Reader for Hire

A beautiful homage to the art of reading - light and funny.

A celebration of the union of sensuality and language.

Marie-Constance loves reading and possesses an attractive voice.

So, one day she decides to put an ad in the local paper offering her services as a paid reader.

Her first client, a paralysed teenager, is transformed by her reading of a Maupassant short story.

Marie-Constance's fame spreads and soon the rich, the creative and the famous clamour for her services. ------ Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'The premise of the story is brilliant: a woman who loves reading aloud acquires - without realizing - power over others.

What's true for her clients becomes real for you, the reader of this book.

As you turn the pages, think of Marie-Constance as the personification of "reading" itself. And I promise you an experience you will never forget.' Meike Ziervogel, Publisher