The Girl from the Chartreuse

One wet afternoon while driving a vanload of books to his shop, �tienne Vollard knocks down a little girl, �va. Haunted by guilt, Vollard visits �va in hospital and reads stories to her while she lies in a coma. He also meets �va's mother, Th�r�se, a struggling single parent whose dream is to be faraway and alone. When �va awakes, the three of them are immediately aware that their lives are forever altered. Pierre P�ju�s profound and moving novel is about life, childhood, loneliness and learning to accept and understand our differences.