On a gloomy Friday in November, when Aurelie is feeling depressed after a breakup, she discovers a novel entitled "The Smiles of Women "in a quaint bookshop on the Ile-St.-Louis. Astonishingly, her restaurant and she herself are featured in its pages "Cyrano de Bergerac" meets "Chocolat "and "Amelie" in this bestselling romantic comedy of errors set in Paris.