LOVE FOR LIVRES

Delphine de Vigan

Born in 1966 in the Paris region, Delphine de Vigan is a French novelist, screenwriter and director. Director of a survey institute, she published her first novel Jours sans faim under a pseudonym in 2001. Her fourth book, No et moi, won her the Prix des Libraires in 2009 and has been adapted to film. She has received many other awards, including for Rien ne s`oppose à la nuit in 2011 (Prix du Roman Fnac, Grand prix des lectrices de Elle, Prix Roman France Télévisions and Prix Renaudaut des lycéens) and D`après une histoire vraie (Prix Renaudaut, Prix Goncourt des Lycéens). Today, she is the author of a dozen novels translated into more than twenty languages.

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Jours sans faim

Delphine de Vigan - Publisher : Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle

Publisher`s presentation: Laure is 19 years old and anorexic. Hospitalized at the last stage of the disease, she understands little by little why she got there. Days Without Hunger tells the story of three months in hospital, three months to bring this empty body back to life, three months to surrender, to heal. Laure`s recovery is also the story of her encounter with the doctor who takes care...
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In the metro, train, bus	Spring	To my sister or brother	Easy to read	Contemporary	Between 10 and 20$
A few hours

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7/10

Rien ne s`oppose à la nuit

Delphine de Vigan - Publisher : JC Lattès

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The pain of Lucile, my mother, was part of our childhood and later of our adult life, Lucile`s pain undoubtedly constitutes us, my sister and me, but any attempt to explain it is doomed to failure. Writing can do nothing, at most it allows me to ask questions and to question the memory.
Lucile`s family, and therefore ours, has given rise to...
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Before sleep	Spring	To my sister or brother	Easy to read	Contemporary	Between 10 and 20$
A few days

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6/10

Les gratitudes

Delphine de Vigan - Publisher : Le Livre de poche

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Have you ever wondered how many times in your life you have actually said thank you? A real thank you. The expression of your gratitude, of your appreciation, of your debt. To whom?

We always think we have time to say things, and then suddenly it`s too late.

After Les Loyautés, Delphine de Vigan continues in Les...
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In the metro, train, bus	Spring	To my parents	Easy to read	Contemporary	Less than 10$
A few hours

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6/10

Les loyautés

Delphine de Vigan - Publisher : Le Livre de poche

Presentation of the publisher : Théo, child of divorce, leads his friend Mathis into dangerous territory. Hélène, a high school teacher with a violent childhood, is worried about Théo: could he be in danger in his family?
As for Cécile, Mathis`s mother, she sees her family`s equilibrium wavering, at a time when she needs support to protect her son.
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Before sleep	Winter	To my parents	Easy to read	Contemporary	Less than 10$
A few hours

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