Nina Gheorghe’s novel “The Lavender Room” is published in Russian for the first time. Published in Germany in 2013, it instantly acquired bestseller status and was translated into several dozen languages. Jean Egaret, the owner of a floating bookstore moored near the Seine embankment called “Literary Pharmacy,” is convinced that only the right book can cure many “little” problems. , but painful feelings, emotions and sensations that are not described in a medical reference book, but cause very real suffering. It seems that the only person for whom his theory was powerless is Egare himself: not having the strength to come to terms with the loss he experienced, twenty he spent one year of his life in unsuccessful attempts to escape from painful memories. Everything will change this summer, when an unexpected set of circumstances forces Egaret to lift anchor and set off on a journey to the very heart of Provence - towards memories and hope for a new beginning.