Tatiana de Rosnay “The Rain Watcher” March 2018 • 250 pages Rights sold: American (St. Martin’s Press) | Dutch (Ambo Anthos) | German (C. Bertelsmann) | Norwegian (Bazar Forlag) | Swedish (Sekwa) 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 Malegarde 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 lives 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 AUTHOR Tatiana de Rosnay is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel “Sarah’s Key”, an international sensation with over 11 million copies sold in 42 countries worldwide that has been made into a major motion picture. She was named several years in a row one of the top ten fiction writers in Europe in 2012. She now lives in Paris.
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Tatiana de Rosnay “Mocha” August 2016 • 272 pages Rights sold: Danish (Bazar Forlag) | Dutch (Artemis) | Finnish (Bazar Forlag) | Norwegian (Bazar Forlag) | Swedish (Sekwa) | Russian (Family Leisure Club) Film rights sold: Diligence Films and Tabo Tabo Films All other rights available: EHO A FEATURE FILM DIRECTED BY FRÉDÉRIC MERMOUD WITH AN IMPRESSIVE CAST INCLUDING NATHALIE BAYE AND EMMANUELLE DEVOS THE NOVEL Justine leads a quiet life, split between her husband, her two children and her job as a freelance translator. But everything is turned upside down on a Wednesday afternoon when her son is the victim of a hit-‐and-‐ run in the center of Paris. The ensuing investigation comes to a standstill while Malcolm sinks deeper and deeper into a coma. Alone against what feels like the world, Justine wants the truth…and she will fight until the very end, whatever the cost.
TATIANA DE ROSNAY “Manderley Forever” February 2015 • 464 pages Rights sold: American (St. Martin’s Press) | Danish (Bazar) | Dutch (Ambo Anthos) | English (Allen & Unwin) | Italian (Neri Pozza) Film rights sold : Belair Media (All other rights available: Albin Michel / EHO)
“Russian Ink”
March 2013 • 352 pages Rights sold: American (St. Martin’s Press) | Bulgarian (Obsidian) | Catalan (Ara Llibres) | Danish (Bazar) | Dutch (Artemis) | Finnish (Bazar) | German (Bloomsbury Berlin) | Italian (Corbaccio) | Norwegian (Bazar) | Portuguese–in Brazil (Intrinseca) | Russian (Azbooca-‐Atticus) | Spanish (Suma de Letras) | Swedish (Sekwa)
“The House I Loved”
March 2011 • 256 pages Rights sold: American (St. Martin’s Press) | British (Macmillan) | Dutch (Artemis) | German (Bloomsbury Berlin) | Israeli (Kinneret-‐Zmora) | Norwegian (Bazar Forlag) | Portuguese–in Brazil (Suma de Letras) | Portuguese–in Portugal (Objectiva) | Russian (Azbooca-‐Atticus) | Spanish–in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela (Suma de Letras) | Swedish (Sekwa) | Taiwanese (Aquarius)
“A Secret Kept”
April 2009 • 384 pages Rights sold: American (St. Martin’s Press) | British (Macmillan) | Bulgarian (Obsidian) | Chinese– simplified (New Star Press) | Danish (Bazar Forlag) | Dutch (Artemis) | Finnish (WSOY) | German (Bloomsbury Berlin) | Israeli (Kinneret-‐Zmora) | Italian (Corbaccio) | Korean (Munhakdongne) | Norwegian (Bazar Forlag) | Portuguese–in Brazil (Suma de Letras) | Portuguese–in Portugal (Objectiva) | Romanian (Editura Litera) | Russian (Family Leisure Club) | Serbian (Marso) | Spanish–in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela (Suma de Letras) | Swedish (Sekwa) | Taiwanese (Aquarius) Film rights sold: Les Films du Kiosque
“Sarah’s Key” March 2007 • 368 pages Rights sold: Albanian (Mesonjetorja) | American (St. Martin’s Press) | Azerbaijan (Parlag imzalar) | British (John Murray) | Bulgarian (Obsidian) | Catalan (Ara Llibres) | Chinese–simplified (New Star Press) | Croatian (Mozaik) | Czech (EuroMedia) | Danish (Bazar Forlag) | Dutch (Artemis) | Finnish (Bazar Forlag) | German (Berlin Verlag) | Greek (Psichogios) | Hungarian (Könyvmolyképzö Kiado) | Indonesian (PT Elex Media Komputindo) | Israeli (Kinneret-‐Zmora) | Italian (Mondadori) | Japanese (Shinchosha) | Korean (Munhakdongne) | Lithuanian (Alma Littera) | Norwegian (Bazar Forlag) | Polish (Albatros) | Portuguese– in Brazil (Objectiva) | Portuguese–in Portugal (Dom Quixote) | Romanian (Editura Litera) | Russian (Family Leisure Club) | Serbian (Marso) | Sinhala (Fast Ads Ltd) | Slovenian (Arsem) | Spanish–in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela (Suma de Letras) | Swedish (Bazar) | Taiwanese (Aquarius) | Thai (Sanskrit Books) | Turkish (Bilge Kültür) | Vietnamese (Danang) Film rights sold: Hugo Films “Spirals” (Spirales) – 2013 Rights sold: Dutch (Artemis) Film rights sold: Solo Duo Productions “Someone Else’s Heart” (Le Cœur d’une autre) – 2011 Rights sold: Russian (Family Leisure Club) “The Neighbor” (Le Voisin) – 2010 • 240 pages Rights sold: Dutch (Artemis) | Greek (Psichogios) | Russian (Family Leisure Club) | Swedish (Sekwa) Film rights sold: Heathcliff “Walls Remember” (La Mémoire des murs) – 2008 • 144 pages Rights sold: Afrikaans (Praag) | German (Berlin Verlag) | Korean (Viche) “A Paris affair” (Son carnet rouge) – 2014 • 192 pages Rights sold: American (St. Martin’s Press) | Dutch (Artemis)
Lorraine Fouchet “Hold mail in Locmaria” April 2018 • 384 pages All rights available : EHO THE NOVEL Chiara’s father died before she was born, and she spent her whole life admiring him from afar. But when she turns 25, she discovers that she might be the daughter of a French sailor on the island of Groix, in Brittany. Shocked by this revelation, she leaves Rome. In order to get into Groix’s local community and investigate, she substitutes for a mailwoman and befriend the mysterious Gabin, a ghost writer, who makes her heart flutter. But are this young man’s intentions as good as she thinks? And as she digs deep into her roots, will Chiara stay stuck in the past or will she choose to invent a bright future? Set in the intriguing island of Groix and its village-‐like atmosphere, Hold mail in Locmaria is a feel-‐good and tender Breton novel, in which mailboxes are full of secrets, and where the word “family” takes on a whole new meaning. THE AUTHOR Born in 1956, Lorraine Fouchet is a former emergency physician. She is the author of seventeen novels, including “Between Heaven and Lou”, published in 2016 and winner of the Brittany Prize and the Ouest Prize. She now lives between the Paris suburb and the island of Groix.
[ Lorraine Fouchet “Between Heaven and Lou” March 2016 • 432 pages Rights sold: Bulgarian (Iztok Zapad) | Catalan (La Campana) | Dutch (Nieuw Amsterdam) | German (Hoffmann und Campe / Heyne) | Italian (Garzanti) | Polish (Media Rodzina) | Russian (Phantom Press) | Spanish (Roca Editorial) | Swedish (Sekwa) Film rights sold : Rozalie Productions 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.
Catherine B riat “The r ed c ouch” February 2018 • 144 pages All right available : EHO
THE NOVEL The red couch is the story of a fragile woman who just broke up with her violent husband and is starting her life from scratch, in brand a new apartment with her two children. The red sofa she buys is the witness of her life, its mute but mindful partner of every little moment. Because she ran away and is still afraid she might get caught, the mother stays anonymous, no name nor surname, just this familiar piece of furniture as the only referent, representative of the trio’s cohesion, which reinforces the suspense. We all have a sofa. Whether bought by necessity or on a whim, it follows us over the years. Life is organised around it and with it: love stories, dreams, laughter and tears, moments of loneliness, unity, happiness or despair. Catherine Briat offers a psychological drama that is subtle and efficient. THE AUTHOR After working for major French media groups, Catherine Briat is currently a diplomat. First based in Ottawa, she is now Cultural Counsellor at the French embassy and director of the French Institute in Berlin.
[ David von Grafenberg “Madam of X” March 2018 • 240 pages All right available : EHO THE NOVEL Since her husband left her for a woman twenty years younger, Anne has had a hard time getting over the breakup. But when she comes across a job offer in a bookshop, in a Tuscan village, she dives headfirst, taking her two children along with her. Excited by this new challenge, Anne becomes friends with Ale, who will persuade her not to give up on love. One evening, the two women even make a pact: Anne has to spend five nights with five different men. And as she lets herself sink into that quest for pleasure, she doesn’t suspect that her friend’s motives might not be as good as she thinks… Why is the over-‐energetic Ale so fixed on getting her into the arms of strangers? With an elegant writing, Madam of X explores libertinism with a sulphurous fineness. Sensitively and sensually, David Von Grafenberg manages to instil suspense in a story where lust irrevocably rhymes with vengeance… THE AUTHOR Brought up in Germany, David Von Grafenberg was a child model before becoming a fashion stylist in Paris. His first novel, Prostitute was published in 2007 and the second one, Surveillant, in 2009.
Émilie de Turckheim “The Abduction of the Sabine women” January 2018 • 208 pages All rights available: EHO THE NOVEL When Sabine quits her job, her colleagues give her the most awkward gift: a sex doll. Taken aback, she brings it home to her husband, Hans, a world-‐ famous director, also known to be a fervent advocate of women’s rights. But in the intimacy of their household, far away from the public eye, he is nothing but a violent and manipulative man. Quite unexpectedly, as Sabine starts confiding in her doll, she will slowly reclaim her life… With great humour, The Abduction of the Sabine women dismantles the mechanics of (unequal) power relationships. Emilie de Turckheim manages to shed a different light on the subject of violence against women, in a story where freedom goes hand in hand with madness and murder. THE AUTHOR Born in 1980, Émilie de Turckheim published Les Amants terrestres when she was only 24. Visiting the Fresnes prison inspired her writing, especially in Les Pendus (2008) and Une Sainte (2013). She won the Vocation Prize for Chute Libre (2009) and the Roger Nimier Prize for The Disappearing navel (2011). He latest novel, Popcorn Melody, published in 2015, was highly praised by critics.
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Émilie de Turckheim “Popcorn Melody”
August 2015 • 208 pages Rights sold: German (Wagenbach) All other rights available: EHO 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 brand-‐new, air-‐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.
Maëlle Guillaud “A very French family”
Maëlle Guillaud Une famille très française
Éditions Héloïse d’Ormesson
April 2018 • 208 pages All rights available : EHO THE NOVEL Charlotte lives in Savoie with her parents, whom she loves – even though her mother’s exuberance, and her father’s jokes, often put her in incredibly embarrassing situations. She sometimes catches herself preferring her best friend Jane’s, whose education, elegance and success, dazzle her. Not Roman to mention her friend’s slender silhouette, which contrasts with her curves, and her dark, curly hair. But the dream quickly becomes a nightmare when she is invited at Jane’s house and her father Bernard gets her involved in a tragic accident. Terrified, she stays silent. As the perfect little family lie breaks, Charlotte, now living and studying in Paris, has to free herself from that past… Maëlle Guillaud subtly raises the question of constructing one’s identity through the eyes of a teenager and her contradictions. A very French family is a coming-‐of-‐age novel that denounces conventions, and glorifies the richness of being oneself, with one’s history and singularities. THE AUTHOR Born in 1974, Maëlle Guillaud is a book editor. After a successful first novel, Lucie or the Vocation, published in 2016, A very French family is her second novel.
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Ariane Schréder “And my starry lute” January 2018 • 256 pages All rights available: EHO THE NOVEL When Louise finds out about Iris’ death, she seeks refuge in her hometown, in the middle of the Pyrenees mountains, sheltered by a Cathar castle. As she helps to run her parents’ little shop during the holidays, she dives back in the story of this friendship that both built her and tore her apart, years ago. Iris, a charismatic young woman, had arrived to the village on a summer night. As an actress, she had revived the bookstore and its owner, an old bear steeped in sorrow. Her arrival had completely transformed the village. She had bonded with most of the villagers and taken Louise, then a ten-‐year-‐old little girl, under her wing as a big sister would. Her readings in the only coffee shop of the village had become an unmissable meeting. And one day, without saying goodbye, she disappeared, leaving behind many heavy hearts and a child’s incomprehension, thinking that she had been abandoned. In a poetic writing, sprinkled with literary tributes (from D.H. Lawrence to Madame de Lafayette), Ariane Schréder explores childhood traumas and the magic of books. With a sweet melancholy, the heroin recovers the force of a friendship that she had thought forever gone. While trying to find out what had happened twenty years earlier, Louise recaptures her past and finally finds her peace. THE AUTHOR Ariane Schréder lives between Paris and Le Loiret. And my starry lute is her second novel, following La Silencieuse (The Silent one), which won the René Fallet prize and the Folire prize, among others.
Jean d’Ormesson “The Guide for the Perplexed” October 2016 • 110 pages Gallimard/Héloïse d’Ormesson coedition Rights sold: Romanian (Baroque Books) | Arabic (Dar al-‐Tanweer) | Italian (Neri Pozza) | Polish (Znak) | Albanian (Lira) All other rights available: Gallimard / EHO
THE BOOK 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.
Damien Luce “Claire de plume”
Éditions Héloïse d’Ormesson
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June 2017 • 160 pages Aimer la vie, même si... 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 BOOK Récit “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 well-‐known 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. 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”. — D amien L uce 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.
Éditions Héloïse d’Ormesson
Sepp Blatter “My life”
Joseph Blatter Ma vie
May 2018 • 300 pages All rights available : EHO THE NOVEL When Sepp Blatter joins the FIFA board in Zurich, in 1975, the association only has 11 employees. He isn’t welcome there and won’t even have an office. Forty years later, when he gets suspended by the ethics committee, FIFA is a gigantic organization with over 500 employees and a two-‐billion Témoignage euros budget. Under his presidency, FIFA took a part in the world economy and imposed itself in geopolitical relations. But on December 2nd 2010, the double announcement of the football World Cup in Russia in 2018 and, to everyone’s surprise, in Qatar in 2022, caused an outcry and added fuel to the fire. The executive committee was suspected of corruption. What really happened backstage? At 82, Sepp Blatter decides to bring the light to his journey and to the true causes of his eviction. A striking document at the eve of the football world cup. THE AUTHOR Born in 1936 in Switzerland, Joseph Blatter, also known as “Sepp”, was the eighth FIFA president, from 1998 to 2015. Pascal Schouwey, who lends him his writing, revisits with Sepp Blatter the big events that made a mark on his life.
[ 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 BOOK 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 Alain-‐ Fournier prize.
