Isabelle Lafleche

Isabelle Lafleche is a Canadian novelist and former lawyer whose fiction examines fashion, ambition, professional identity, and the cost of belonging to glamorous institutions. J’adore New York introduces Catherine Lambert, a Paris lawyer transferred to Manhattan, where demanding corporate work collides with her enthusiasm for style and the realities of a new city. Lafleche drew on experience in major law firms in New York and Montreal when creating that professional setting. The novel begins a series that later follows Catherine through further conflicts involving career, friendship, and the fashion world. Before publishing fiction, Lafleche practised law and worked in legal recruitment, giving her a detailed understanding of office hierarchies and competitive expectations. J’adore New York uses romantic comedy and workplace satire to test the difference between an appealing image of success and its daily pressures. Lafleche’s later writing and public work have continued to engage with creativity, personal direction, and reinvention.