"The Way I Found Her" by Rose Tremain is an utterly beguiling read;it is exquisitely written,beautifully evocative of a certain time and place.The place is Paris and Lewis,our hero of fourteen years travels there with his mother,Alice who is translating the medieval romances of Valentina,a glorious exotic.Lewis falls in love with her and the labyrinthal story that follows involves secret trysts,intruiging characters and a slowly-unravelling and ultimately tragic denouememt.It is told through the eyes of Lewis,a highly intelligent and complex boy and therein lies part of its huge appeal.Readers,I loved it!