Life is not kind to Aurelie Bredin, the owner of a small restaurant in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the heart of Paris. Existence seems empty and meaningless to a woman, because her lover recently abandoned her. But by chance she comes across the book “A Woman’s Smile,” written by an Englishman. And this book makes Aurélie look at everything in a new way. In addition, the final scene of the novel takes place in her restaurant with red and white checkered tablecloths, and the main character is an almost exact portrait of Aurélie herself. And she decides that she must definitely meet the author, who, in her most difficult hours, not only returned her joy of life, but also turned out to be connected with her in some mysterious way. For the first time in Russian!