02247cam a2200373 i 4500 1056206716 TxAuBib 20201208120000.0 191220s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019058473 9780525520351 trade 052552035X trade KHPB566 eng rda DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib rda Smiley, Jane, author. Perestroika in Paris / Jane Smiley. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. 265 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Map on endpapers. "A story of three . . . animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris. Paras is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall--she's a curious filly--and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance in the City of Light. Soon she meets an elegant dog, a German shorthair pointer named Frida, who knows how to get by without attracting the attention of suspicious Parisians. Paras and Frida coexist for a time in the city's lush green spaces, nourished by Frida's strategic trips to the bakery and the butchershop. They keep company with two irrepressible ducks, and an opinionated raven. But then Paras meets a human boy, Etienne, and discovers a new, otherworldly part of Paris: the secluded, ivy-walled house where the boy and his nearly-one-hundred-year-old great grandmother live, quietly and unto themselves. As the cold weather and Christmas near,the unlikeliest of friendships bloom among humans and animals alike. But how long can a runaway horse live undiscovered in Paris?"--Provided by publisher. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20201208. Race horses Fiction. Animals Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Human-animal relationships Fiction. Paris (France) Fiction. Animal fiction. Smiley, Jane, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020 Perestroika In Paris.