CONSOLATION
A 47-year-old successful architect hears about the death of a woman, whom he once loved. . . Anouk, the tragically big-hearted mother of a childhood friend. . . and his life starts to unravel. Charles seems to have everything, but turns his back on the present to go in search of her past and his childhood, falling a long way down. One day he finds himself on a Paris pavement covered in his own blood. But, as the title suggests, fate holds out a final chance of consolation. . . when, far from his Parisian milieu, he meets Kate, an enchanting young woman, herself damaged but fearless and in love with life.