La fille de l'autre

Synopsis of La fille de l'autre

«La fille de l'autre» is the autobiographical novel by Caroline Thivel, published by Plon in paperback (233 pages, in French).

After learning that her mother had a romance before she was born, the narrator suspects she might be the daughter of the poet Alain Borne. Letters, diaries and testimonies help her reconstruct a tormented love story and unravel family secrets. An intimate quest into memory, the mother-daughter relationship and identity, where truth and fiction intertwine.

Published in 2024 as part of Plon's French literary rentrée.

For readers of autobiographical fiction and stories of family secrets, and for those seeking contemporary French literature.