The Coffee Lovers. Ilinda Markov

The Coffee Lovers, Memoirs of a Communist Princess possesses the seductive charm of Joanne Harris’s book Chocolat and is an answer to Ian McEwan’s Atonement. It’s a book about sultry love and broken hearts against the backdrop of famous coffee venues around the world, a book about the history of coffee culture and celebrities like Einstein, Napoleon and Casanova, all fervent coffee lovers. <br />Beautiful and ambitious, Arnya Stefan is a writer whose life could have been ideal if not for the panic attacks bringing back memories of her traumatic childhood. As a little girl in communist Bulgaria she betrays her family and their dangerous secrets. <br />Now Arnya travels the world in search of the perfect red berry drink. In Switzerland she meets another “coffee animal”, Bruno Stein. In his arms she will again learn to walk in the present, savouring life like a superb, delicious cup of coffee.<br /><br />Can Bruno’s love make her forget or it’s just another illusion?