Théo, a child of divorce, leads his friend Mathis into dangerous territory. Hélène, a middle school teacher with a violent childhood, worries about Théo: could he be in danger within his family?
As for Cécile, Mathis's mother, she sees her family balance waver, at a time when she needs support to protect her son.
Loyalties are invisible bonds that connect and bind these four characters.

Understated, subtle, and masterfully powerful, this novel is a must-read. The Express.

Delphine de Vigan describes with rare acuity the relationships that are woven and formed between people. Le Figaro.

Her words are as harsh as her voice is soft. Through these lines, we sense that she has come a long way, from those years when "nothing stands in the way of the night." Perhaps this is why she has risen so high and so magnificently in her way of writing about the world. She.

Delphine de Vigan judges nothing and no one. She forbids herself any form of compassion, and draws no moral conclusions. She bears witness, and that is the essential thing. BibliObs.