We Only Saw Happiness
From the author of The List of My Desires
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
12 September 2017
Summary
There is nothing like the love of a parent for a child. But what happens when that love falters?
Deprived of his parents’ love as a child, Antoine is determined to give his son and daughter the perfect childhood he never had. He is a dreamer, an optimist, a man who fell in love at first sight and who believes that he has found the secret to living a happy life.
But when tragedy strikes he becomes someone even he does not recognise. Taken to his lowest point, he performs an act…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474600996 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474600999 |
| Author: | Gregoire Delacourt, Anthea Bell |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 12 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 179mm x 21mm |
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A very moving French story.. Delacourt writes with potent simplicity; I didn’t want to stop reading.– EVENING STANDARD
A gorgeous little novel that has sold more than half a million copies in its native France. It is as beautifully written as it is heart-breaking - STYLIST on THE LIST OF MY DESIRES
Thought-provoking - GOOD HOUSKEEPING on THE LIST OF MY DESIRESA sweet and poignant novella and its existential themes are redolent of that other French classic, THE LITTLE PRINCE. Beautifully written, readers will devour it in one sitting - IRISH EXAMINER on THE LIST OF MY DESIRESA runaway bestseller that looks set to follow the success of The Elegance of the Hedgehog. But that’s not surprising … [Delacourt] describes the dilemmas of the heart and the vagaries of fate with tenderness and empathy - Elle on THE LIST OF MY DESIRESAbout The Author
Gregoire Delacourt
Gregoire Delacourt is the bestselling author of eight novels and has won several literary awards. His novel THE LIST OF MY DESIRES was a runaway number-one international bestseller.
Gregoire lives with his wife in Brooklyn, New York.
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