by Chantal Thomas · SEUIL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782021343151
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«Souvenirs de la marée basse» is the novel by Chantal Thomas, published by Seuil in paperback (224 pages, in French).
Chantal Thomas evokes her mother, Jackie, born in 1919, and the central place swimming occupied in her life: swimming helped her escape conventions, invent her sensuality, and preserve a stubborn, discreet freedom. The book follows her moves from Lyon to Arcachon and from Cap Ferret to Cap Ferrat, up to the swims Jackie continued to take in Villefranche-sur-Mer.
It belongs to the Fiction & Cie collection and was published in August 2017 as part of Seuil's rentrée littéraire.
For readers of contemporary French fiction interested in family portraits and literature of memory.
Chantal Thomas is a French writer and historian. Her 2002 book, Farewell, My Queen, won the Prix Femina and was adapted into a 2012 film starring Diane Kruger and Léa Seydoux.
