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.!

[ 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”&

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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,! airR conditioned! 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.! !

[ 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”!&

Éditions Héloïse d’Ormesson

Lorraine Fouchet ! Les$Couleurs$$ March!2017!•!400!pages! de$la$vie 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.! Roman 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.!

[ & 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.!

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.! !

[ 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.!

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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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! “The&House&I&Loved”&

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“A&Secret&Kept”&

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“Sarah’s&Key”&

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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.!!

[ 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! AlainR Fournier!prize.! !

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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.! ! !