A Good Life: A No 1 International Bestseller

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AN EMOTIONAL AND UPLIFTING NOVEL FROM THE FRENCH MARIAN KEYES FOR FANS OF RUTH HOGAN, VERONICA HENRY AND SARAH MORGAN

Emma and Agathe are sisters. They grew up together yet are very different. Agathe, the youngest, messy, and ardent, has always taken up all the space in the bath, in the bedroom, and in Emma's heart.

After five years of unexplained silence, Emma arranges to meet Agathe in the family's holiday home. After their beloved grandmother passed away, the place must be emptied, and the memories revisited.

The two sisters have a week to tell each other everything and make up for the time they spent apart. Will they be able to fix the past in the beauty of the summer in the Basque Country, where their childhood is knocking at the door

Reviews

'"A beautiful story, so elegantly written."' - Nicola Cornick, author of The Last Daughter

'"Virginie Grimaldi delivers her most accomplished, strongest novel. Her best."' - Le Parisien

'"A story of life, bursts of happiness, scars of misfortune, in which many readers should find themselves."' - France Inter

'Heartwarming.' - Good Housekeeping (on How To Find Love in the Little Things)

'The famous 'Grimaldi touch' is a lightness of tone and style that takes your breath away.' - ELLE France (on Chasing the Stars)

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Author Bio

Virginie Grimaldi was born 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. She is the most read French novelist in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (Le Figaro littraire/GFK awards) and the winner of the Favourite Book of the French in 2022 (France Tlvisions). She is the author of Chasing the Stars and How to Find Love in the Little Things. Hildegarde Serle has worked in London as a subeditor, mainly on The Independent, since graduating in French from Oxford University. In 2011, she did the CIOL Diploma in Translation. She still lives in London, but her heart lives on the Quai aux Fleurs in Paris.