Summary
Virginie Grimaldi: One Beautiful Life
After five years without any news, Emma arranges a meeting with her younger sister Agatha at their grandmother Mima's house. They have a week to say goodbye to that house, the memories of their beloved grandmother and to tell each other everything that is on their hearts. Each of them will try to restore that relationship in their own way, as well as the one with their mother, because of which they both bear scars on their souls. One beautiful life is a novel in two time planes, where the present, which takes place during seven August days, alternates with the stormy events that marked their childhood and youth. That past illuminates everything unsaid in the present, while the present serves to make up for lost time. From chapter to chapter, in the enchanting landscape of the picturesque Basque Country, Emma and Agatha will relive painful memories to find a way to heal what has marked them for life. One of the most widely read authors in France, Virginie Grimaldi, speaks with great tenderness about the feelings, fears and hopes of each individual person in this warm story about two sisters. This elegant story about family relationships that fatally shape us will sincerely make you laugh and cry.
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