As he wanted to cure his neighbours, he has become a doctor. As he was willing to help people who are usually left aside, he spent many years in conflict zones. But when Thomas learns that he is the father of a 20-year-old girl, his view of life and certainties are shaken.
He knows he wont ever make up for lost time and refuses to trouble the life of the one he knows nothing about. But a rush, stronger than anything else, urges him to discover Emma. For her, he will thus become the helping hand of fate, the luck factor, the secret and watchful guardian angel.
In his mission, he can rely on the five residents of the retirement home he is now heading, together with the nurse Pauline, her son Théo, the guard of the nearby closed down factory and without him knowing- Emmas boyfriend.
This is the story of a man who, in order to reach a goal he cant clearly explain, will be confronted with situations he doesnt control at all. This is a story about pure love in every shape and form.
- Paternity and filiation are definitely universal topics.
- The most intimate novel of the author.
- In the vein of Jonas Jonasson, Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg: hilarious play-on-words, misunderstandings and digs come one after another.
Gilles Legardinier is the 4th bestselling French author and a all-around writer of feel-good novels, thrillers (which won various awards) and children books as well.
"Stamped with optimism and sincerity, this moving novel makes you want to love." Télé Loisirs
"You'll love this story which prooves that one is not born a parent, but becomes one." Femme Actuelle
"A touching novel." Grazia