Juste avant le bonheur

Synopsis of Juste avant le bonheur

«Juste avant le bonheur» is the contemporary novel by Agnès Ledig, published by Pocket in paperback (336 pages, in French).

Julie, a supermarket cashier, raises her little Lulu alone and long ago stopped believing in happy endings. A man moved by her situation invites them to his house by the sea, in Brittany. She distrusts such generosity, but to see her son play on the beach, she might accept the outstretched hand.

Winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse 2013, originally published by Albin Michel and reissued by Pocket in 2014.

For readers of contemporary French fiction and emotional stories about hope and second chances.