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Letter to you who love me
by Julia Thévenot, published on April 7, 2021 by Éditions Sarbacane.
From 15 years old.
Her favorite quote:
"You have to learn it, Romeo: all the boys in the world are not part of this constellation, the one that pulsates in us at school, at intercourse, in the bus, in the glances, farandole of distant and joyful possibilities . And, since I can finally tell you everything, I'm not going to lie to you: those first times of discovery when everything had to be invented, in my farandole, you were there. "
Why this book?
Because
this short novel is incredibly effective
. Julia Thévenot arms herself with her most poetic pen to offer us a little gem of softness and sensitivity. There we meet Penny, singer and keyboardist in a progressive rock band: The Moonatics. When Yliès, the new guitarist, joins the group, he quickly falls in love with Penny. Sadly, it's a one-sided love.
Letter to you who love me
is a letter from Penny to Yliès, in memory of their tumultuous relationship as a teenager.
Because reading
Letter to You Who Loves
Me gave me the impression of discovering
a secret, of tiptoeing into the intimacy of a duo of strangers whose story could resonate in everyone. 'between us.
A story about adolescent love that is sometimes complicated and painful but always tender, whole and memorable.
Because this novel, this letter, is vibrant with emotions
and above all, with a very (but really very!) Great accuracy.
Julia Thévenot manages to put the perfect words to feelings so well known and which nevertheless often seem indescribable.
Because
Letter to you who love me
is a letter intended for Yliès, of course,
but it is also and above all a love letter to adolescence.
An ode to questioning and envious glances that intersect and electrify us, to the friendship that is maintained, to this so particular scent of freedom mixed with incessant questions and these bygone eras that have built us.
A little literary treasure like one rarely meets.
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
Yliès and Pénélope, it sounds like a couple made to love each other, a romantic duo of scholars;
it's musical, gourmet, sweet and salty.
So why doesn't Penelope love him, Yliès, eh?
Why, did she let him fall in love, slip into her daily life?
Why doesn't she want to love him?
Characters.
The reader of course meets Penny and Yliès but also their friends who, despite themselves, are also impacted by this complicated relationship.
Places.
The story takes place in France but, above all, in the memories of the narrator.
The time.
The letter tells us about events and emotions experienced in large part during high school, during Penny's senior year.
The author.
Julia Thévenot is a French author, editor assistant at Sarbacane.
After the incredible
Bordeterre
, it enchants us once again in a completely different register mastered to perfection.
This book was read with
pleasure by Anne-So Echos de Mots, blogger specializing in children's and teenage literature.
“For me, reading can be just as much a personal pleasure in which one runs to take refuge as an excuse to discuss and meet other readers.
I am a word lover always interested in new discoveries.
"
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