Megg is 40, she is married and has two children. She hasn't been completely herself since her mother passed away 6 months ago. She cries a lot (even when watching TV commercials), has troubles finding a purpose to her life, and wishes her family would support her more. And, when she thought nothing could go worse, she discovers an old film in the attic at her parents' house. The pictures were taken in Bulgaria a few months before they discovered her father was sick. They show her mother appears on these photos, in the arms of another man. She seems happy, and in love...
Thanks to her neighbour and friend who is the complete opposite of her, Megg will manage to pull herself together. To shed light on this relationship, they both decide to take a trip across Europe. Megg insists on taking her 16-year-old daughter with them, with the hope to reconnect with her.
She is far from imagining that thanks to this trip, she will not only discover the truth, but also a proof of the profound love her mother devoted to her. Megg will thus believe in herself again, and take back control of her life!
Carène Ponte won the E-crire au féminin award, and now has her own blog, Des mots et moi. The Light Was So Perfect is her seventh novel, and the first one published by Fleuve Editions. Her previous novels have all been published by Pocket.