A new novel by the author of “Change the Water for the Flowers,” translated into 26 languages.
“My name is Virginie. Today, only Adrien among my three friends is talking to me. Nina despises me. With Etienne, I myself don’t want to have anything to do with. And yet, since childhood, they have fascinated me. Since childhood and up to now, I feel attachment only to that trio.”
1986
Nina, Etienne, and Adrien are a trio of friends. They study at the same school, united by shared ideals and secrets. They swear that, when they grow older, they’ll leave the province and settle in Paris. The friends are very close—something the people around them don’t always understand.
Our days
At the bottom of a lake, a car has been found. A journalist named Virginie covers the incident. Somehow, this case is connected to the past of the three friends—Nina, Etienne, and Adrien.
Virginie is their peer; she has known them all her life. And she has something to tell.