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Gaëlle&Nohant&“The&Legend&of&the&Awaken&Sleeper”!&!August!2017!•!544!pages!All!rights!available!:!EHO!!SHORTLISTED&FOR&ELLE’S&READERS&PRIZE,&LE&PARISIEN&PRIZE,&LANDERNEAU&PRIZE…&&THE&NOVEL!!In! her! latest! novel,! Gaëlle! Nohant! fearlessly! takes! on! the! challenge! of!exploring! through! fiction! the! heroic! and! engaged! life! of! the! French! poet!Robert! Desnos.! She! closely! follows! his! footsteps! from! the! Halles! to!Montparnasse,! through! Cuba! and! BelleRîle.! She! visits! his! workshop! on!Blomet!Street,! listens! to!his!discussion!with!Alejo!Carpentier!and!Neruda,!watches! the!spirited!sessions!that! take!place!at!Café!Cyrano!with!Prévert,!Hemingway!and!Aragon,!and!dances! for! full!nights!at!clubs!with!Kiki!and!Josephine!Baker.!!On!this!artistic!journey!with!Desnos,!she!draws!on!his!work,!probes!his!soul!like!a!medium!and,!just!like!him,! speaks! “surrealist”.! She! identifies! Youki,! Robert’s! true! love,! and! she! escorts! him! to! the! end! of! his!road—the!Theresienstadt!concentration!camp—!in!June!1945.!The$legend$of$the$Awaken$Sleeper! is!a!spectacular!literary!investigation.!It!revives!fifteen!years!of!history,!taking! us! from! the! 1930s! to! the! occupation.! A! lively! and! boisterous! crossing! through! the! twentieth!century,!tracing!the!footsteps!of!a!hero!one!can!only!fall!in!love!with.!!THE&AUTHOR&Born!in!Paris!in!1973,!Gaëlle!Nohant!now!lives!in!Lyon.!The$Legend$of$the$Awaken$Sleeper$is!her!third!novel.$Her!first!book$L’Ancre$des$rêves!won!the!Encre!Marine!prize!in!2007.!Selling!more!than!125,000!copies,!La$Part$des$flammes!won!the!France!bleu/Page!des!Libraires!prize! in!2015!and!the!Livre!de!Poche!prize! in!2016.!She!has!also!written!a!document!on!rugby!and!a!short!story!collection,!L’Homme$dérouté.!

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Gaëlle&Nohant!&“The&Flames’&Share”&!March!2015!•!496!pages!All!rights!available:!EHO!!OVER&150,&000&COPIES&SOLD&WINNER&OF& THE& LIVRE& DE& POCHE&READERS’& PRIZE& 2016&&& PAGE& DES& LIBRAIRES&PRIZE&&!THE&NOVEL&!It’s! 1897,! and! the! Charity! Bazaar! is! the! major! annual! event! on! the! social!calendar!of!every!French!aristocrat.!At!booths!carefully!stationed!around!the!timber!hall,!women!sell!objects!for!the!benefit!of!the!poor.!In!doing!so,!they!cultivate!their!reputations!as!wealthy!and!generous!benefactors!in!front!of!all!of!Parisian!haute!society.!Nohant!takes!us!to!the!4th!of!May!;!the!presence!of!The!Duchess!d’Alençon!makes!this!the!most!important!day!of!the!fiveRday!event.!Cheerfully!gathered!around!the!Duchess!are!Violaine!de!Raezal!and!Constance!d’Estingel,!each!secretly!burdened!by!an!expertly!crafted!past.!To!the!unsuspecting!spectators,!the!women!are! the! pictures! of! loveliness! in! their! light,! airy! apparel.! But! everything! changes!when! the! bazaar! hall!accidentally!catches!on!fire.!Within!minutes,!the!entire!building!is!reduced!to!ashes.!Violaine!de!Raezal!is!a!young!widow!desperately!trying!to!maintain!her!place!on!the!social!ladder!of!a!hostile!world;!Constance!d’Estingel!is!willing!to!sacrifice!herself!for!her!faith,!however!grave!the!consequences.!“The!Flames’!Share”!combines! the! destinies! of! these! two! rebellious! women,! forever! affected! by! one! of! the! most! profound!tragedies!of!Belle!Époque!Paris.!

Émilie&de&Turckheim&“Popcorn&Melody”&!August!2015!•!208!pages!Rights!sold:!German!(Wagenbach)!All!other!rights!available:!EHO!!!Rights!to!“Héloïse!Is!Bald”!(2012)!sold:!British!(Jonathan!Cape)!Rights!to!“The!Disappearing!Navel”!(2014)!sold:!Italian!(Edizioni!Clichy)!!!!THE&NOVEL!In!a!small,!hot,! rural! town! in! the!American!Midwest,!Tom!Elliot!owns!a!minimart.! It! is!a!desolate!place,!where!jobs!are!hard!to!come!by!and!the!biggest!employer!in!town!is!a!popcorn!factory.!Though!the!shelves!of! Tom’s! store! are!mostly! empty,! the! locals! keep! coming! because! Tom! offers!more! than! just! food! and!utilities.!The!shop! is!a!hub! for!gossip,!and!Tom!attributes!his!success! to!an!empty!chair!by! the!register,!where!his! clients! come! to! sit! and!deliver! their! secrets! to!willing!ears.!The!opening!of! a!brandRnew,!airRconditioned! supermarket! just! across! the! street,! however,! throws! the! value! of! Tom’s! business! into!question,!putting!him!and!his!shop!at!a!risk!for!survival.!His!strongest!weapons!?!His!own!madness!–!and!a!love!for!poetry.!Set!in!the!heart!of!the!Indian!Plains,!“Popcorn!Melody”!takes!a!wholly!original!look!at!the!quest!for!happiness!in!a!world!increasingly!dominated!by!consumerism.!!!THE&AUTHOR!&Born! in!1980,!Émilie!de!Turckheim!was!awarded! the!Vocation!Prize! for! “Chute! libre”! (2007).! “Popcorn!Melody”!is!her!eighth!novel.!!

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Émilie&de&Turckheim&“Merry&Month&of&May”&!August!2010!•!128!pages!Rights!sold:!German!(Wagenbach)!|!Italian!(Edizioni!Clichy)!Film!rights!sold:!Les&Films&du&Hasard!All!other!rights!available:!EHO!!!20,&000&COPIES&SOLD&!!Rights!to!“Héloïse!Is!Bald”!(2012)!sold:!British!(Jonathan!Cape)!!THE&NOVEL!In!the!middle!of!the!French!countryside,!a!mansion!opens!its!doors!every!weekend!to!city!dwellers.!One!day,!the!housekeeper!Aimé!finds!Louis!Yoke,!the!owner,!shot!dead!in!the!woods.!In!his!will,!Yoke!bequeaths!his!expansive!property!and!all!of!his!belongings!to!five!mysterious!guests.!The!story!begins!at!twilight,!when!the!five!“heirs”!get!together:!a!retired!detective,!a!greedy!couple,!a!soldier,!and!the!owner!of!a!brothel.!Without!mentioning!or!commemorating!the!death!of!Yoke,!they!eagerly!wait!for!the!solicitor))!who!never!arrives.!The!five!guests!think!they!have!nothing!in!common…but!what!unfolds!will!prove!them!wrong.!!

Lorraine&Fouchet&!“The&Colours&of&Life”!&!March!2017!•!400!pages!Rights!sold:!German!(Hoffman!und!Campe)!All!other!rights!available!:!EHO!&THE&NOVEL!When!Kim!moves!from!her!native!Groix!–!a!picturesque!island!off!the!coast!of!Brittany!–!to!work!in!Antibes!as!Gilonne’s!caretaker,!she!is!deeply!moved!by!the!relationship!between!the!retired!actress!and!her!devoted!son,!Côme.!Despite!the!old!lady’s!illRtempered!nature,!Kim!soon!grows!fond!of!her.!When!Kim!overhears!one!day!that!“Côme”!is!in!fact!deceased,!she!is!shaken!to!the!core.!Driven!by!her!own!curiosity,!she!decides!to!investigate.!What!happened!to!the!real!Côme!?!Why!does!Gilonne!insist!on!calling!this!stranger!her!son!?!It!is!her!deep!affection!for!her!employers!that!propels!Kim!forward!on!a!complicated!and!passionate!search!for!answers.!!As!is!often!the!case,!appearances!can!be!deceiving.!In!this!highRspirited!novel,!Lorraine!Fouchet!gives!us!a!taste!of!the!richness!of!old!age:!a!time!filled!with!regret,!worry,!and!above,!hope.!The!book!is!full!of!all!the!magical!ingredients!that!first!endeared!Lorraine!Fouchet!to!her!readers!:!colourful!characters,!Brittany!in!the!background,!music!in!the!air!–!an!imaginative!recipe!for!life.!!THE&AUTHOR&Born! in! 1956,! Lorraine! Fouchet! is! a! former! emergency! physician.! She! is! the! author! of! fifteen! novels,!including!“Between!Heaven!and!Lou,!”published!in!2016!and!winner!of!the!Brittany!Prize!and!the!Ouest!Prize.!She!now!lives!between!the!suburb!of!Paris!and!the!island!of!Groix.!

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&Lorraine&Fouchet&“Between&Heaven&and&Lou”&$March!2016!•!432!pages!Rights!sold:!Catalan!(La!Campana)!|!Dutch!(Nieuw!Amsterdam)!|!German!(Hoffmann! und! Campe! /! Heyne)! |! Italian! (Garzanti)! |! Polish! (Media!Rodzina)!|!Russian!(Phantom!Press)!|!Spanish!(Roca!Editorial)& |!Swedish!(Sekwa)!All!other!rights!available:!EHO!!WINNER&OF&THE&BRETAGNE&PRIZE&AND&THE&OUEST&PRIZE&&Over&90,000&copies&sold&&THE&NOVEL!Jo!has!been!planning!for!a!peaceful!and!joyful!retirement!at!home!on!the!island!of!Groix,!just!off!the!coast!of! Brittany.! But! the! second! life! he! has! imagined! with! his! beloved! Lou! by! his! side! implodes! when! she!suddenly!passes! away,! leaving!him! to! spend! it! on!his!own.!Lou's!will! instructs! Jo! to! fill! their! children's!lives!with!happiness,!and!Jo!is!determined!to!honour!her!memory!and!her!wishes.!But!between!a!daughter!with!a!broken!heart!and!a!son!who!refuses!to!let!anyone!in,!the!former!cardiologist!soon!realizes!that!to!fulfil!this!last!wish!is!no!easy!task.!As!it!unfolds,!the!novel!teaches!us!that!however!difficult!it!may!be,!it!is!never!too!late!to!learn!what!it!is!to!be!a!family.!!Set!on!an!island!that!comes!to!life!with!every!new!detail—the!rough!landscape,!the!inhospitable!weather,!and! the! peculiarities! and! emotional! support! of! its! endearing! inhabitants—“Between! Heaven! and! Lou”!inspires!us!to!think!deeply!about!what!we!should!do!with!the!time!we!have!left!and!the!people!with!whom!we!wish!to!spend!it.!

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Virginie&Caillé[Bastide&“The&Godless”!&!August!2017!•!336!pages!All!rights!available!:!EHO!!Pre[empted&by&Pocket&(paperback&edition)&&THE&NOVEL!In!the!winter!of!1709!in!southern!Brittany,!an!unprecedented!cold!spell!falls!upon! the! kingdom! of! France,! initiating! a! dreadful! famine.! Arzhur! of!Kerloguen,!humble!Breton!squire,!hopelessly!watches!his!seven!children!die.!His!wife! loses!her!mind,!and!he! loses!his! faith.!Cursing!God,!he!decides! to!exhibit!even!greater!cruelty!than!the!Almighty!has!with!him.!!Spring!1715!in!the!Carribean!islands:!Shadow,!a!bloodthirsty!pirate,!traverses!the!ocean!day!after!day!on!The$Godless,!unleashing!terror!into!the!corners!of!the!earth!without!relief.!But!when!he!attacks!a!Spanish!schooner,! he! decides! to! spare! the! life! of! a! Jesuit! priest,! and! brings! him! aboard! as! prisoner.! A! heated!confrontation!about!the!nature!of!God’s!existence!thus!ensues!between!the!two!men.!Surrounded!by!the!other!pirates—fugitives,!prostitutes,!bandits—The$Godless$becomes!a!stage!for!these!men,!condemned!to!live!and!die! together!with!the!tempestuous!sea!as! their!only!horizon.!We!quickly! learn!that! the!storms!that!trouble!their!souls!are!much!more!dangerous!than!those!which!tear!the!sails!apart.!!!THE&AUTHOR&Born!in!1962!in!Lorient,!Brittany,!Virginie!CailléRBastide!has!been!working!in!advertising!for!30!years.!She!created!her!own!agency,!CBCC,!in!2008.!The$Godless,!her!first!novel,!draws!in!her!Breton!origins!and!her!love!for!history.!!

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Isabelle&Alonso&“I&can&do&without&sunrise”&September!2017!•!304!pages!&&THE&NOVEL&July!1939.!The!war!is!over.!16Ryear!old!Angel!Alcalà!Llach!goes!back!to!his!country.!After! spending! ten!months! on! the!war! front! and! four!months! at!SaintRCyprien! camp! (Eastern!Pyrénées! region),! he’s! about! to! come!home.!However,!nothing!goes!according!to!plan.!Franco’s!Spain!is!like!an!openRsky!prison.!In!July!1940,!he!finally!gets!together!with!his!family!while!the!state!repression! is! intensifying.! He! then! has! to! adapt! to! a! world! which! is!unconceivable!to!him!–!a!world!without!freedom!nor!basic!human!rights,!in!which!every!single!risk!he!takes!can!cost!him!his!life.!In!1944,!he!becomes!a!deserter,!and!thus!has!to!live!as!a!clandestine.!The!Allies!are!about!to!win!the! war…! but! Franco! remains! in! power.! It! is! only! after! three! years! of!hopeless!attempts!to!resist!repression,!that!he!will!meet!someone!who!will!give!him!hope!in!the!darkest!of!times…!!THE&AUTHOR&Born!in!Burgundy!to!two!Spanish!political!refugees,!Isabelle!Alonso!was!granted!French!nationality!at!age!eight.!After!studying!literature,!she!worked!for!a!few!years!in!financial!consulting!and!is!currently!a!radio!and!TV!columnist.!After!Roman$à$l’eau$de$bleu$(Robert!Laffont,!2003)!and!Filigrane!(Robert!Laffont,!2005),!Exile$is$my$homeland!is!her!third!novel.!She!has!been!translated!into!Spanish!(Planeta)!and!Portuguese.!Isabelle!is!fluent!in!Spanish,!English!and!French.!&

Tatiana&de&Rosnay&“The&Rain&Watcher”&&March!2018!!•!250!pages!!Rights!sold:!American!(St.!Martin’s!Press)!All!other!rights!available!:!EHO!$THE&NOVEL!The$Rain$Watcher!is!a!powerful!family!drama!set!in!Paris!during!the!course!of!a!week!as!the!Malagarde!family!gathers!to!celebrate!the!father's!70th!birthday.!!The!mother,!Lauren,!is!American.!She!lives!with!the!father,!Paul,!a!very!famous!tree!specialist!in!the!south!of!France.!Their!children,!Tilia!leaves!in!London!and!son,!Linden,!in!San!Franscisco.!He!is!a!world!renowned!photographer.!!!These!four!characters!hidden!fears!and!secrets!will!be!unravelled!through!the!course!of!the!seven!chapters!along!with!the!flabbergasting!parisian!background,!for!Paris!is!undergoing!a!terrible!natural!disaster.!This!adds!to!the!novel!tension!and!matches!the!heroes'!emotions.!!!All!members!of!the!family!will!have!to!fight!for!their!identity!as!well!as!to!keep!the!family's!unity!against!tragic!circumstances.!!In!this!profound!and!intense!novel!of!love!and!redemption,Tatiana!demonstrates!all!of!her!writer's!skills!both!as!an!incredible!storyteller!but!also!as!a!soul!seeker.!!!The!main!character!Linden!is!very!moving!and!engaging.!!!THE&AUTHOR&Tatiana!de!Rosnay!is!the!author!of!the!New$York$Times$bestselling!novel!“Sarah’s!Key”,!an!international!sensation!with!over!9!million!copies!sold!in!42!countries!worldwide!that!has!now!been!made!into!a!major!motion!picture.!Together!with!Dan!Brown!and!Stieg!Larsson,!she!was!named!one!of!the!top!three!fiction!writers!in!Europe!in!2010.!Tatiana!lives!with!her!husband!and!two!children!in!Paris.!!

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!Tatiana&de&Rosnay!&“Mocha”&!August!2016!•!272!pages!Rights!sold:!Danish!(Bazar!Forlag)!|!Dutch!(Artemis)!|!Finnish!(Bazar!Forlag)!|!Norwegian!(Bazar!Forlag)!|!Swedish!(Sekwa)!|!Russian!(Family!Leisure!Club)!Film!rights!sold:!Diligence&Films&and&Tabo&Tabo&Films!All!other!rights!available:!EHO!!!A&FEATURE&FILM&DIRECTED&BY&FRÉDÉRIC&MERMOUD&WITH&AN&IMPRESSIVE&CAST&INCLUDING&NATHALIE&BAYE&AND&EMMANUELLE&DEVOS&!!THE&NOVEL!Justine!leads!a!quiet!life,!split!between!her!husband,!her!two!children!and!her!job!as!a!freelance!translator.!But!everything!is!turned!upside!down!on!a!Wednesday!afternoon!when!her!son!is!the!victim!of!a!hitRandRrun!in!the!center!of!Paris.!The!ensuing!investigation!comes!to!a!standstill!while!Malcolm!sinks!deeper!and!deeper! into! a! coma.!Alone!against!what! feels! like! the!world,! Justine!wants! the! truth…and! she!will! fight!until!the!very!end,!whatever!the!cost.! !

Damien&Luce&“Claire&de&plume”&&!June!2017!•!160!pages!All!rights!available!:!EHO!!Rights!to!“Debussy’s!daughter”!(2015)!sold!:!Chinese–simplified!(Beijing!Xindaboya!Publishing)!|!Italian!(Elliot!Edizioni)!|!Mexican!(Vaso!Roto!Ediciones)!Rights!to!“Le!Chambrioleur”!(2010)!sold:!German!(Droemer!Knaur)!!THE&NOVEL&“This!book!is!kind!of!my!sister’s!book.!A!little!girl!named!Claire!born!with!six!fingers!on!each!hand.!A!little!girl!who,!according! to!some!wellRknown!geneticist,! shouldn’t!have! lived!more! than!a! few!weeks.!A! little!girl!who,!according!to!some!unknown!teacher,!would!never! learn!how!to!read!or!write.!And!yet,!here! is!Claire.!With!her!two!clandestine!fingers!cut!off!and!despite!her!mischievous!chromosomes,!she!survives,!grows!up!and!learns!how!to!read!and!write.!She!does!well!carried!by!the!love!of!her!family.!For!each!child!born!with!a!“manufacturing!defect”,! two!handicaps!actually!result:!his,!and!the!one!created!in!the!world!that!surrounds!him.!The!world!is!helpless!in!front!of!human!beings!who!do!not!match!the!standards.!One!will!never!tell!enough!how!much!patience,!selfRsacrifice!and!love! is!needed!to!raise!a!handicapped!child!and!find!a!place!for!him!among!human!beings.!This!story!tries!to!express!the!everyday!life!of!a!family!who!has! lived! the!handicap! issue!as! an! insider.! In!order! to!do! so,! I! tried! to! assimilate!Claire’s!perception! to!make! it!mine.! I!merged!our! two!consciences,!and,!as!a! result,! the!narrator!of! these!pages! is! this!double!being.!For!one!book,!I!decided!to!become!Claire$de$plume”.!Damien!Luce!!THE&AUTHOR&Damien!Luce!was!born!in!Paris!in!1978.!He!is!a!composer,!a!pianist,!a!playwright,!an!actor!and!a!novelist.!This! polyphonic! artist! has! released! Le$ Chambrioleur! in! 2010! and! La$ Fille$ de$ Debussy$ in! 2014.! He! is!currently!finishing!the!tour!of!Bobines,!a!show!created!with!his!brother,!Renan.!His!parents!and!his!sister,!Claire,!live!in!Perpignan,!in!the!south!of!France.!!

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Cécile&Huguenin&“Alzheimer,&My&Love”&!May!2011!•!128!pages!Rights!sold:!Italian!(Edizioni!Clichy)!|!Dutch!(Balans)!|!Spanish!(Plataforma)!|!Taiwanese!(CTW!Culture)!|!Turkish&(Bora!Yasar)!All!other!rights!available:!EHO!Rights!to!“The!Season!of!Mangoes”!(2015)!sold!:!Estonian!(Kirjastus!Kunst)!!THE&NOVEL!At! first,! when! her! husband! Daniel! begins! suffering! the! early! effects! of!Alzheimer’s!disease,!Cécile!is!determined!to!support!him!on!her!own!until!the!very!end.!But!when!face!to!face!with!the!inevitable!decline,!she!has!to!accept!that!medical! care! be! provided! to! the! one! she! loves.! Perhaps! an! even! greater! challenge,! she! also! has! to!learn!to!accept!support!for!herself.!!An!unflinching!portrait!of!Alzheimer’s!and!a!moving!tribute!to!a!relationship!that!stands!the!test!of!time,!“Alzheimer,!My!Love”&brings!healing!and!hope.!!THE&AUTHOR&At!76!years!old,!Cécile!Huguenin!has!been!a!psychologist!and!a!coach.!Following!the!success!of!Alzheimer$mon$amour,! published! in!2011,!La$Saison$des$mangues,! her! first!novel,! released! in!2015,!won! the!AlainRFournier!prize.! !

!Jean&d’Ormesson&“The&Guide&for&the&Perplexed”&!!October!2016!•!110!pages!Gallimard/Héloïse!d’Ormesson!coedition!Rights!sold:!Romanian! (Baroque!Books)!|!Arabic! (Dar!alRTanweer)!|!Italian!(Neri!Pozza)!|!Polish!(Znak)!|!Albanian!(Lira)!All!other!rights!available:!Gallimard!/!EHO!!!!THE&NOVEL!We!are!at!a!loss!to!understand!why!we!are!born,!and!what!becomes!of!us!after!death.!“What!am!I!doing!here?”!is!the!simple!question!with!profound!implications!that!this!little!book!ventures!to!answer.!Its!brief!29! chapters! describe! with! audacity,! ingenuity,! and! gaiety! the! implausible! world! we! are! thrown! into,!providing!readers!with!ways!to!surmount!the!grand!challenge!of!conceiving!of!our!existence.!Dipping!into!a! reservoir! of! knowledge,! d’Ormesson! explains! how! to! get! by!with! a! little! philosophy,! and!nonetheless!some!pleasure.!!!!THE&AUTHOR!&Writer,! chronicler,! journalist! and! philosopher,! Jean! d’Ormesson!was! born! in! 1925.! For!many! years,! his!career!was!lead!simultaneously!at!the!UNESCO,!at!Le!Figaro,!and!of!course!as!a!writer.!He!was!elected!to!the!Académie!Française!in!1973.!His!works!have!been!published!by!several!French!publishers,!including!Gallimard,!who!published!a!dozen! titles! since! “La!Gloire!de! l’Empire”! in!1971! (The!Glory!of! the!Empire!was! recently! reissued! in! the! USA! by! NYRB,! with! a! preface! by! Daniel! Mendelsohn)! and! who! recently!welcomed!Jean!d’Ormesson’s!selected!works!in!Gallimard’s!prestigious!“Pléiade”!collection.!!!

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