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Virginie Grimaldi

All That Remains

Cover: All That Remains - Virginie Grimaldi

Virginie Grimaldi

All That Remains

2025, pp. 284, Paperback
ISBN: 9781787705630
Translated by: Hildegarde Serle
Region: France
Book collection: Europa B-formats
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The book

A funny and moving story of unlikely friendship from the internationally bestselling author of A Good Life

At 33, Iris carries her life around in a suitcase. Théo, 18, has big dreams and aspirations. At 74, Jeanne finds herself contemplating her life in a rearview mirror.

When chance brings Iris, an enigmatic young woman; Théo, a brazen young boy, and Jeanne, a discreet lady together under the same roof, these three damaged people will have to learn to live together and face surprising situations.

This is a moving story of solitude colliding with companionship, of unexpected encounters, and of how the past bleeds into the present and our hopes for the future. Virginie Grimaldi has an unrivalled talent for taking her readers from laughter to tears, and for writing about life with accuracy and sensitivity.

The author

Virginie Grimaldi
Virginie Grimaldi was born in 1977 in Bordeaux where she still lives. Translated into more than twenty languages, her novels are carried by endearing characters and a poetic and sensitive pen. Her stories, funny and moving, echo everyone’s life. She is the most read French novelist in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (Le Figaro littéraire/GFK awards) and winner of the Favorite Book of the French in 2022 (France Télévisions).

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