Title: Particular Escapes - Véronique Olmi - book
Summary :
They are three sisters , born into a modest Catholic family in Aix-en-Provence. Sabine, the eldest, dreams of a life as an artist in Paris; Hélène, the youngest, grows up between her uncle and aunt, bourgeois from Neuilly-sur-Seine, and her parents, simple people; Mariette, the youngest, learns the secrets and silences of a dazzling and cruel world.
In 1970, in this changing French society, where women emancipate themselves while men lose their bearings, the three sisters will, each in their own way, find how to live a life of their own, a strong life, far from the morality, education or religion of childhood.
This family saga, which takes us from the post-May 68 period to the great night of May 10, 1981, is as much a tender and tragic stroll through this century as the chronicle of an era when consciences are awakening to the upheaval of the world and announcing the chaos to come.
It took the talent of the author of Bakhita to capture its epic and visionary breath, and its intimate accuracy.
