Tatiana de Rosnay captures the hearts of her readers once again with her latest release, THE HOUSE I LOVED. Set in nineteenth-century Paris, Rose Bazelet must come to terms with the monumental changes which are radically transforming the streets of Paris. But when Emperor Napoleon III decides to demolish the street where Rose's beloved home stands, she stands to lose the one tie the part of her life she cannot bear to let go of. Rose's emotional story is narrated in the form of a letter as the elderly widow writes about the loss of the house she loved to her deceased husband.

Rose's letters to her husband, Armand, begin with an introduction to the colorful residents of Rue Childebert. As Rose artfully evokes her extravagant and colorful neighbors, her old friends slowly find their way into the hearts of readers as well. As Rose and her beloved friends must part ways, you will easily identify with Rose's pain as she ponders over the fate of her dear friends who once resided on Rue Childebert.

But the house that Rose loves really tells its story as Rose recounts the happiest moments she has lived in the house. Rose recounts her unexpected courtship with her husband, Armand, whose family lived at the house on Rue Childebert since the seventeenth century. Rose also painfully remembers the loss of her son who died at a young age after an outbreak of cholera. As Rose shares her most emotional memories of those she has loved and lost, the house she loves becomes as sacred to readers as it is the narrator.

Readers will lose themselves in Rose's tearful attachment to the house she loves. Rose's memories are happy, painful, and bittersweet. Not only must Rose come to terms with losing the house associated with the happiest moments she has shared with her now gone husband and son, but she must relieve some of the most painful memories of her past, including one secret she dare never reveal to her husband while he lived.

THE HOUSE I LOVED is an emotional masterpiece which will profoundly touch the hearts of readers. Tatiana de Rosnay has penned a novel of love and loss which readers will want to revisit again and again like old friend. Each page of THE HOUSE I LOVED is a beautiful outpouring of emotion. This is truly a novel you will want to curl up with and read cover to cover in one sitting. Not only did Tatiana de Rosnay create a protagonist which will steal your heart, but each character in this novel will seem like old friend as de Rosnay takes the readers into the heart of the Rue Childebert.