"An enthusiastic, engaging narration by Lucas keeps this fascinating, original audiobook unputdownable."-Kirkus Reviews
Valérie Perrin's First New Novel since her breakout bestseller Fresh Water for Flowers
When Agnes hears from the local police her Aunt Colette has died, she can't believe her ears. Her father's sister Colette, her Tata, died three years ago and has been resting in peace in the cemetery of Gueugnon.
Agnes is called to identify the body: there is no doubt, it's Aunt Colette. But then, who rests under the stone engraved with Colette's name? And why did she fake her own death? So begins an investigation back in time, as Agnes pieces together the multitude of stories that lie behind her aunt's second death.
An intricate, compelling web of stories told with irony, delicacy and depth, Tata will keep readers glued to every page.
★ "A bewitching novel about found family and the transformative power of love."-Foreword Reviews (starred)
★ "An exquisitely layered story... Reading Tata is like reading several great novels at once."-BookPage (starred)
International bookseller praise for Tata
"Deeply moving…Captivating-a novel you devour and simply cannot close until you've reached the final page."-Le Goût des Mots Bookstore, Mortagne-au-Perche (France)
"As Italo Calvino recommends in If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, get comfortable before you begin this novel, because Tata is not just an engrossing novel full of twists and turns, but also and at the same time, its cinematic adaptation. Such is Perrin's passion for the seventh art! Agnès's journey in search of her aunt Colette, who 'has died again,' is rich in connections, entanglements, intrigue, and mystery."-Rocco Pinto, Il Ponte sulla Dora Bookstore, Turin (Italy)
"Words fail me when I try to describe this story! In her brilliant and inimitable fashion, Perrin gives us an authentic family history, that of Colette…The novel's 600 pages fly by. Valérie Perrin possesses the incomparable talent of a true storyteller!"-Librairie de l'Horloge, Carpentras (France)
"Perrin's sensitivity and her humanity are on full display in Tata."-Pascal Auréjac, Le Rouge et le Noir Bookstore, Saint-Chély d'Apcher (France)
"Impossible to put down! Perrin keeps us on the edge from start to finish. The characters are endearing, the writing deeply human-Tata is a major success!"-Florence Kammermann, Autour d'un livre Bookstore, Cannes (France)
"Perrin writes stories the way we wish we could live them: with tenderness and intensity. Exceptional! A story that makes us tremble with emotion from the first to the last page."
-Nathalie Iris, Mots en marge Bookstore, La Garenne-Colombes (France)
"Valérie Perrin is a marvelous storyteller; her books are written like screenplays. Tata is no exception…A gripping, emotional novel filled with twists, tragedies, and joy. A magnificent story that you cannot put down until the final revelation. Perrin is a wonderful writer with a uniquely delightful sensitivity, and she speaks straight to our hearts-we love her for that…An essential novel."-Nathalie Fraboulet, Librairie d'Alauna, Valognes (France)
"Opening a Valérie Perrin novel is like opening the armoire in an old family home: scents, sensations, images all rush out, and memories come flooding back. Funny, moving, sometimes sad, Tata is a cocktail of emotions…Valérie Perrin knows exactly how to touch the heart."
-Anne-Céline Drach, Librairie Athenaeum, Beaune (France)
Praise for Tata and Valérie Perrin
★ "A bewitching novel about found family and the transformative power of love... Perrin has a gift for excavating enchantments from the everyday... Villains lurk [...] but among the magnificent pages of Tata, love-among friends, family members, and parents by proxy-proves more lasting"
