Meeting Through an Advertisement

Paul lives and works on a farm in Central France, while Annette is from an industrial town in the north. Both of them have bitter resentments and disappointments behind them. His surroundings are unfriendly relatives who take any outsider with hostility; she is raising a son.

But one day Paul places an advertisement in the newspaper, and Annette responds… This is how a touching love story begins.

Marie-Hélène Lafon quickly won fame, readers’ love, and numerous literary awards. “An Introduction by Advertisement” (2009) was nominated for the Prix Femina, made it to the short list for the Prix Renodo, and received prizes including the Page of Booksellers, “Ink Words,” and the Marguerite Audou award.

Based on the novel, a film was made starring Isabelle Carré and Éric Caravaca in the lead roles.