Publisher's Synopsis
Anna Gavalda has been hailed as an author graced with the Gallic vitues of dry wit and almost involuntary elegance' (Vogue). Now, the prize-winning author of I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere returns with a novel of an abandoned wife and the profound relationship that unfolds between her and her father-in-law. 'How do you succeed in literature? It's simple, you write a good first book, the a good second one. Anna Gavaldo is a great novelist.' - Le Figaro Litteraire'