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Virginie Grimaldi

Biography

Virginie Grimaldi

Virginie Grimaldi was born in 1977 in Bordeaux, where she still lives. She is the author of nine novels and was the most read French writer for three consecutive years (in 2019, 2020 and 2021). Her novels have been bestsellers in Europe and have been translated into more than 20 languages.

Virginie Grimaldi

Books by Virginie Grimaldi

written by Virginie Grimaldi, translated by Hildegarde Serle - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Emma and Agathe are sisters. They were thick as thieves when they were young but have always been as different as can be. Agathe, the younger sister, is disorderly, chaotic and fiery. Five years older, Emma has always been the more mature sister --- the defender, the protector, the worrier. Their relationship as adults is scarred by a tragedy that transformed their happy, ordinary childhoods into something much more complex and challenging. For a long time, Emma hasn’t wanted to be involved in Agathe’s life. But then they must return together to the Basque Country --- to the house of their adored grandmother, to empty out her home and in the process to reconcile, to remember, and to pour out what is in their hearts.