Je l'aimais

Synopsis of Je l'aimais

«Je l’aimais» is the contemporary novel by Anna Gavalda, published by Le Dilettante in paperback in 2002, in French.

After Adrien abandons them, Chloé and her two daughters are left in shock. Adrien's father comes to comfort her and, far from blaming his son, seems to admire his courage: a selfish but brave impulse that he himself never had. During a moving confession, he tells his daughter-in-law how, by trying to protect his own life with cowardice, he ended up destroying everything.

For readers of contemporary fiction and French literature interested in intimate portraits of love and marriage.