A strong plot and a touching portrayal of how any of us might feel when unexpectedly confronted by the detritus of young love ...
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This is a psychological thriller about past romance, with all its pain and promise.
C cile and Philippe undertake their own face to face journey--In silence? What could they possibly say to one another?--with the reader gaining entr e to the most private of thoughts.
In the fraught hour and a half that ensues, their express train hurtles towards the French capital.
But it\'s soon occupied by a man she instantly recognizes: Philippe Leduc, with whom she had a passionate affair that ended in her brutal humiliation thirty years ago.
These trips back home are always stressful and she settles into a train compartment with an empty seat beside her.
By early Monday morning, she\'s exhausted. an absorbing, intriguing, insightful book for all readers.-- Library Journal (Starred review) C cile, a stylish forty-seven-year-old, has spent the weekend visiting her parents in a provincial town southeast of Paris.
The 6:41 to Paris is a timely reminder that the past is always waiting to ambush us.-- The New York Times Sunday Book Review Perfectly written and a remarkably suspenseful read ...
A strong plot and a touching portrayal of how any of us might feel when unexpectedly confronted by the detritus of young love ..
