Happy People Read & Drink Coffee

Described as UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN set in Ireland, this is an internationally bestselling novel about a recent widow who moves to the Irish coast and begins a tumultuous but ultimately healing relationship with her neighbor, a moody Irish photographer. Currently in development as a feature film by The Weinstein Company.

After six years as a clinical psychologist, Agnes Martin-Lugand now devotes herself to literature full-time. She is the author ofHappy People Read and Drink Coffee (Les Gens Heureux Lisent et Boivent du Cafe), Michel Lafon 2013, andHappiness Slips Through My Fingers (Entre mes Mains le Bonheur se Faufile), Michel Lafon 2014.

Sandra Smith is a critically acclaimed translator of French literature. She has previously worked onSuite francaise and subsequent novels by Irene Nemirovsky, as well as a new translation ofThe Outsider by Albert Camus. She is a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge where she continues to teach French Literature, Translation and Language.