Between a father obsessed with his work and a depressed mother, Connie has learnt how to get by on her own. She is now a florist who manages her own shop, and who considers herself a strong and independent woman. Until one day, when she discovers an old photo of her standing next to a little blond boy. Who is this child she is holding so tight? Her father has no choice but to confess that he is her little brother Mat. He was in an accident when he was 2, and has been paralyzed ever since.
While Connie is eager to meet her brother and make up for lost time, she does suspect that she will be confronted to dreadful questions: how could the memory have been erased from her memory? Why did her parents decide to keep her away from the truth for so long? Was this accident the reason for her mother's illness, or the opposite? Had Connie something to do in her brother's fate?
- A novel that deals with much more than family secrets: memory, handicap, parenthood, the consequences of a trauma on a couple or depression.
- A strong and determined feminine main character who will have to live with memories that were buried deep down
Delphine Giraud lives in Vendée with her husband and two children. She has been passionate about reading and writing since she was a child. Her first novel entitled First Love, Only Love was first self-published on the Internet with great success and then edited by Fleuve Editions.