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Today, "The whole family together" by Xavier de Moulins, published on March 2, 2022 by Éditions Flammarion.
Audrey Escoin, contributor to the 20 Minutes
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The whole family together
by Xavier de Moulins, published on March 2, 2022 by Éditions Flammarion.
His favorite quote:
Resentment is always a shame
Why this book?
Because there is this little something in the pen of Xavier de Moulins
which upsets each time.
And with this family and intimate camera, there is no doubt that it will stir your interest as a reader.
Because it's the story of a father, in the car with his two daughters in the back
for a trip leading them to Paprika, their somewhat whimsical grandmother.
A few days at Easter, moments of reunion, a ritual that enchants the two little girls as much as it worries the narrator.
For him, no pleasure in finding his mother who laughs too much for his taste.
No desire to see this brother again, with his perfect image and his success that slaps him in the face.
And tired in advance of the number of times he will have to answer "Jeanne is working" to those who mention the absence of his wife.
Because like a drone, of which the narrator is a trainer,
we will gain height, as a reader to see above this house and this garden.
We are not going to stop at appearances and what is not said.
We will understand why the narrator seems so fragile, and what leads him to feel like he is dead.
Three parts, like three acts of an intimate and family tragedy.
A novel about failures, doubts and confrontations that punctuate a life, but also about forgiveness and the spark that can start everything up again for good.
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
An eccentric and passionate grandmother, Paprika organizes the Spring Festival every year.
In her house filled with memories, she receives her loved ones.
There are those who have new dreams, those who cling to what they have built, and those whose lives change overnight.
Characters.
The narrator and his two daughters.
Jeanne, his working wife.
Paprika the grandmother.
Papichat the grandfather and his new wife.
Marc his brother and his wife Constance.
Two nephews.
Places.
A childhood home, an alley lined with poplars.
A garden, a dining table.
The time.
Of our time.
The author.
Xavier de Moulins is a journalist and writer.
This book was read with
melancholy.
I vibrated with this narrator having a lot of empathy for him.
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