Yes, the title of this novel recalls the famous Moi, Christiane F., 13 years ... Brigitte PRESKINE but obviously is limited to pay tribute to him here and made a story less violent. is the story of Delphine, who has been placed with her sister Elodie, 10, and brother Steve in a village of children, by court order. There, a "mother", Camille, supports them professionally. When she recovered her days off, it's Paulette, home help, who takes over with the means at hand ... The idea is to bring the siblings after the real mother Delphine, an alcoholic, was found unfit to care for her children. Except that the sibling is not yet Full: Franck, 14, and Miriam, who has been born, have yet to reach the village.
All this makes the world! In the village there are only children with funny family pathways. Social cases as they say. Delphine, on arrival, escaped by writing to Audrey, a vague knowledge of the college she attended the previous year, in Vitry. Audrey has always openly ignored in the past but no matter: Delphine needs to write to someone.
The author knows his subject and the story suffers positively: village life is filled, the profiles of teens and adults are credible. Unfortunately also, for adults ...
Finally, engaging in regular letters, Delphine arrives to accept her new life. It changes even think about Camille is someone who frequents museums and loves beautiful things, it can not be bad either deal with them only out of interest. Delphine also watch his own mother in a different light, more distant but more human. She realizes she can not judge everything or everyone in an instant.
Gradually, Delphine (be) built. But it does not yet know who is Audrey ...
142 pages, coll. Pocket - 4.75 €
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