Among all the books that have recently arrived in bookstores, here are a few that caught our attention.
My mother’s novel, Lucette Larouche
This first novel tells the life of a woman on a farm in Lac-Saint-Jean, in the 1940s, through the eyes of her eldest daughter. We delve into the intimacy of her marriage to an alcoholic man and her repeated pregnancies, to discover the portrait of a time when women had no say in the choice of their destiny.
My mother’s novel
Quebec America
318 pages
In Klara’s womb, Régis Jauffret
The French writer Régis Jauffret is used to novels with daring subjects, which navigate between reality and fiction (he had notably written on the DSK affair with The Walk of Rikers Island). In this new novel, he gives voice to Klara Hitler during the nine months of her “disastrous” pregnancy. A unique way of revisiting History.
In Klara’s belly
Récamier
243 pages
The big A, Giulia Caminito
The young Italian author Giulia Caminito captivated us with her novels A day will come and especially, Lake water is never fresh. This title is his very first, which had never before been translated into French. It follows the journey of a teenager from Lombardy to Eritrea, during the Second World War, following in the footsteps of her mother who left to seek her fortune in Africa.
The big A
Gallmeister
320 pages