Explore Camille Valden’s novels: their characters, their themes and an invitation to keep reading.
Anouk restores stained glass in Nantes and has not spoken to her father for six years. When her sixteen-year-old daughter Zoé goes to harvest salt with him on Noirmoutier, a restoration project brings Anouk to the island too. Between salt marshes, family secrets and an encounter with Simon, the summer offers them a chance to speak again.
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In Bouchemaine, Sunday lunch has always brought Élise’s family together. Until her mother announces she is leaving after forty-four years of marriage. Between her workshop, her daughter and an unexpected encounter, Élise must learn to let everyone choose their own place.
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A light on the fourth floor unsettles twelve years of certainty. Back in Saint-Nazaire, Maëlle discovers a lighting programme connected to her late sister. With Jonas, she follows the traces of a past their families have never truly spoken about.
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