French Leave - Gavalda, Anna

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Résumé :
Three siblings and a spouse on the way to a wedding make an impromptu visit to the fourth sibling in the province of Touraine, with the group of them absconding from their plans to talk about their hopes and fears, eat and drink at the campsite where the fourth sibling lives. A warm and deeply felt novel of people growing up clinging to a youthful moment.

Biographie:

Born in Paris in 1970, Anna Gavalda published her first work in 1999 while working as a high school French teacher. Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, a collection of short stories, was met with both critical acclaim and commercial success, selling more than three-quarters of a million copies in her native France. The book was translated into numerous languages and sold in twenty-seven countries. Gavalda has since published three novels, all of which have become bestsellers across Europe. Her first novel, Someone I Loved, was made into a movie in 2000 and the 2007 film adaptation of her novel Hunting and Gathering starred Audrey Tatou. Her most recent work, The Cracks in Our Armor, was shortlisted in the Belles-Lettres Category for the Grand Prix of Literary Associations (GPLA) in 2017. In addition to writing novels, Gavalda contributes to Elle Magazine.