Description

AN EMOTIONAL AND UPLIFTING NOVEL FROM THE FRENCH MARIAN KEYES FOR FANS OF RUTH HOGAN, VERONICA HENRY AND SARAH MORGAN

Emma and Agathe are sisters. They grew up together yet are very different. Agathe, the youngest, messy, and ardent, has always taken up all the space in the bath, in the bedroom, and in Emma’s heart.

After five years of unexplained silence, Emma arranges to meet Agathe in the family’s holiday home. After their beloved grandmother passed away, the place must be emptied, and the memories revisited.

The two sisters have a week to tell each other everything and make up for the time they spent apart. Will they be able to fix the past in the beauty of the summer in the Basque Country, where their childhood is knocking at the door?

READER REVIEWS

“Wonderful. Sat in bed reading ’til two o’clock last night or rather this morning!!!” Jane (Books on the Hill)

“Grab this book for your next summer read!” Dame Twich (Amazon)

“Love love love books about sisters, and this one looks brilliant.” Laura (Instagram)

“An excellent read.” MG Girl (Amazon)

“This book cannot be recommended enough.” Suzy (Instagram)

Publisher Review

“A beautiful story, so elegantly written.” * Nicola Cornick, author of The Last Daughter * “Grimaldi’s account of two sisters taking stock of what’s brought them this far is affecting but smile producing as well. A bittersweet slice of life.” * Kirkus Reviews * “Grimaldi’s concise prose, translated by Hildegarde Serle, is striking and vivid, painting a sympathetic portrait of the enduring bond of sisterhood. Readers will fall under the spell of a compassionately revealed story that blends poignancy and humor in depicting the transcendental nature of familial love and forgiveness.” * Shelf Awareness * “[A] beautiful, heartbreaking, and healing story.” * Electric Literature * “Virginie Grimaldi delivers her most accomplished, strongest novel. Her best.” * Le Parisien * “A story of life, bursts of happiness, scars of misfortune, in which many readers should find themselves.” * France Inter * “Heartwarming.” * Good Housekeeping (on How To Find Love in the Little Things) * “The famous ‘Grimaldi touch’ is a lightness of tone and style that takes your breath away.” * ELLE France (on Chasing the Stars) *