Le Temps d'apprendre à vivre | Elsa Boublil

EAN : 9782259265102

Shaping : BROCHE

Pages : 192

Size : 135 x 210 mm

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Elsa Boublil

Release date : 10/01/2019

A novel with three narrators, Fleur, the grandmother who mourns her daughter; Nicole, the daughter who draws us into her burn-the-candle-at-both-ends lifestyle; and Lila, the child born after the rift, who puts together the pieces of the puzzle of her mother’s drifting away.

“The nuclear family’s heart stopped beating after Nicole disappeared. A deafening silence that kept reverberating. My parents, who had been living in Australia for three years, pulled up stakes, leaving it quickly and definitively. They came to be there for my grandmothers, moving in with them to console them. They’re... “The nuclear family’s heart stopped beating after Nicole disappeared. A deafening silence that kept reverberating. My parents, who had been living in Australia for three years, pulled up stakes, leaving it quickly and definitively. They came to be there for my grandmothers, moving in with them to console them. They’re doing their best, but everyone is constantly wondering: why? [...] Because there’s nothing to say, one false move can bring everything to a halt. I didn’t do it on purpose, I was tired, I hadn’t gotten enough sleep. It was nearly noon, I had promised to meet dad for lunch and there I was, still in Pont l’Evêque. A two-lane road in the heavy rain, lousy visibility. My eyes glued to the windshield, my wipers squeaking, and my eyes squinting at the horizon. I was driving way too fast, but I was late, and I didn’t want to have to give a note to excuse myself, a note that would lead me to start justifying myself; after my water broke for the child I had left behind in England, I had dried up completely; I’ve even had trouble squeezing out tears ever since.”

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EAN : 9782259265102

Shaping : BROCHE

Pages : 192

Size : 135 x 210 mm

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