Title : Facing the Sea - Françoise Bourdin - book

Summary :

No one is safe from the evil of the century... Even the strongest among us.

Mathieu has run an independent bookstore in Le Havre for over twenty years. He devoted his life to his business, which led to a divorce and prevented him from seeing his daughter, Angélique, grow up. Passionate about his work, surrounded by colleagues who admire him, he is a complete success. But success comes at a price, and one day, he burns out. Mathieu finds it impossible to walk through the door of his bookstore.
Depressed and apathetic, he decides to drop everything and take refuge in Sainte-Adresse, in the house of his old friend César, who has just died. While he yearns for nothing but solitude, his loved ones invite themselves over one after the other. Tess, his loving but powerless companion, his ex-wife, his three brothers, who do not understand the reasons for such a crisis. Only Angélique takes the measure of the situation and, despite her youth, decides to watch over the bookstore and motivate the employees every day, even if it means neglecting her studies.
While Mathieu tries to find the source of the evil that is destroying him in his past, Angélique's unwavering determination could well help him rebuild his life and consider a new way of practicing his profession. Especially if dangers arise...

• EAN : 9782714460561
  
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