It is not always remembered that as many Gypsies died in the Nazi camps as Jews. Through some weird coincidence Yulia's mother escaped and eventually landed in Ireland where Yulia was conceived. She tried to get rid of the stigma while living in Paris, working at a publishing house, and going on journalistic sojourns. She meets the man of her dreams, only to lose him for no explicit reason.

Paris streets are not always for walking. Sometimes they are for falling. And definitely for falling in love. Claire and Pierre had a most unusual relationship. So did Claire and the stranger whose name she did not know. Over the years Claire discovered life played funny tricks when you felt you were going to be punished. But self-abasement can also turn into unexpected blessings

What does a woman do when she hits her seventies? The fact is that there are women of a certain age who just grow more beautiful and full of life. Maria was one such woman. But Maria also had a very unusual secret. Or two. She finds herself a house in the Luberon and begins a new life when many others would have given up on life and its pleasures. With unexpected company.