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Underground Time
Translated from the French by George Miller The new novel from the author of No and Me
No and Me
Lou Bertignac has an IQ of 160 and a good friend called Lucas, who gets her through the school day. At home her father cries in secret in the bathroom and her mother hasn't been out of the house properly for years. But Lou is about to change her life - and that of her parents - for good, all because of a school project she decides to do about the homeless. Through the project Lou meets No, a teenage girl living on the streets. As their friendship grows, Lou cannot bear that No is still on the streets when she goes back home - even if it is to a home that is saddened and desolate. So she asks her parents if No can come to live with them. To her astonishment, her parents - eventually - agree. No's presence forces Lou and her parents to finally face the sadness that has enveloped them. But No has disruptive as well as positive effects. Can this shaky newfound family continue to live together? A tense, brilliant novel tackling the true meaning of home and homelessness.
Loyalties
From the author of the Richard and Judy Book Club Pick No and Me. Adults are as lost as the children they should be protecting, in this compelling exploration of the destructive secrets and loyalties that are kept behind closed doors 'Packs a hefty emotional punch. It reminded me of Leila Slimani's terrific Lullaby' Bookseller 'Narrated with punch and pace. You're kept reading helplessly to the desperate cliffhanger finish' Daily Mail Thirteen-year-old Théo and his friend Mathis have a secret. Their teacher, Hélène, suspects something is not right with Théo and becomes obsessed with rescuing him, casting aside her professionalism to the point of no return. Cécile, mother of Mathis, discovers something horrifying on her husband's computer that makes her question whether she has ever truly known him. Respectable facades are peeled away as the four stories wind tighter and tighter together, pulling into a lean and darkly gripping novel of loneliness, lies and loyalties.
Nothing Holds Back the Night
In this moving autobiographical novel, the narrator's mother, Lucile, raises her two daughters largely alone. A former child model from a large Bohemian family, Lucile is younger and more glamorous than the other mothers: always in lipstick and stylishly dressed, wayward and wonderful. But as the years pass her occasional sadness gives way to overwhelming despair and delusion. This is a story of luminous beauty and rambunctious joy, of dark secrets and silences, revelations and, ultimately, the unknowability of even those closest to us. And in the face of the unknowable, personal history becomes fiction. Nothing Holds Back the Night is universally recognisable and singularly heartbreaking.
Nothing Holds Back the Night by Delphine de Vigan (Book Analysis)
Unlock the more straightforward side of Nothing Holds Back the Night with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Nothing Holds Back the Night by Delphine de Vigan, a fascinating autobiographical novel in which the author searches for answers from her family following her mother’s suicide, and comes to understand parts of her better than she ever did while her mother was still alive. The work was extremely successful and received several French literary prizes, including the coveted Prix Renaudot, upon its publication. Delphine de Vigan’s books have received wide public appraisal and some have been translated into over twenty langua...
Loyalties
What happens when adults are as lost as the children they're supposed to be protecting? From the author of the Richard and Judy Book Club Pick No and Me'Packs a hefty emotional punch. It reminded me of Leila Slimani's terrific Lullaby' Bookseller'Narrated with punch and pace. You're kept reading helplessly to the desperate cliffhanger finish' Daily MailThirteen-year-old Théo and his friend Mathis have a secret.Their teacher, Hélène, suspects something is not right with Théo and becomes obsessed with rescuing him, casting aside her professionalism to the point of no return. Cécile, mother of Mathis, discovers something horrifying on her husband's computer that makes her question whether she has ever truly known him.Respectable facades are peeled away as the four stories wind tighter and tighter together, pulling into a lean and darkly gripping novel of loneliness, lies and loyalties.
Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan (Book Analysis)
Unlock the more straightforward side of Based on a True Story with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan, which follows a narrator who bears a striking resemblance to the novelist as a new friend worms her way deeper and deeper into her life. In this book, which is somewhere between an autobiographical novel and a psychological thriller, the reader is left unsure of the boundaries between reality and fiction as a mysterious character known only as L. wields an unsettling influence over the story’s protagonist. Based on a True Story was an immense popular success and was nominated for severa...
Underground Time
Everyday Mathilde takes the Metro, then the commuter train to the office of a large multi-national where she works in the marketing department. Every day, the same routine, the same trains. But something happened a while ago - she dared to voice a different opinion from her moody boss, Jacques. Bit by bit she finds herself frozen out of everything, with no work to do. Thibault is a paramedic. Every day he drives to the addresses he receives from his controller. The city spares him no grief: traffic jams, elusive parking spaces, delivery trucks blocking his route. He is well aware that he may be the only human being many of the people he visits will see for the entire day and is well acquaint...
No and Me by Delphine de Vigan (Book Analysis)
Unlock the more straightforward side of No and Me with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of No and Me by Delphine de Vigan, which tells the story of Lou, a gifted 13-year-old who one day meets a homeless girl called No. Lou decides to help her new friend to escape the streets and, in doing so, discovers a lot about poverty, homelessness, friendship and life in general. Despite being a relatively simple story, the novel was met with widespread acclaim when it was released, with De Vigan’s writing transforming what could have been a standard young adult novel into “a thing of poetic beauty” (The Times). De Vignan is a French writ...
