François Valent, a 82 year-old retired journalist, doesnt expect anything from life anymore. But a trip with his rebellious grandson Antoine will help him unveil the secrets that have shattered his whole life and have always fed his pain and shame. Hell thus have to confront the ghosts of his childhood that abruptly ended in the Aveyron region during a bloody and untold episode of WWII.
A trip down memory lane or a journey of initiation, the road-trip will definitely be a way for grandfather and grandson to fill in the generation gap.
- A beautiful novel on the passing down from one generation to the next.
- An unknown tragedy of WWII unveiled.
Author of novels, detective short stories and a children's book, Sophie Loubière also made a name for herself in the publishing community thanks to a unique literary program (Parking at Night, France Inter) and her reviews at France Info (Thriller Info).