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Le coeur battant de nos mères

Le coeur battant de nos mères

Historical FictionLiterary Fiction
Pages
352
Published
2017
Language
French

Synopsis

This novel follows the lives of twin sisters, Stella and Desiree Vignes, who run away from their small Black community in Louisiana. Years later, one sister secretly passes for white, while the other returns home with her Black daughter. Their choices and the secrets they keep ripple through generations, exploring themes of race, identity, and the unbreakable bonds of family.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

EmotionalThought-ProvokingComplex
Family SagaDual Timeline

Genres

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

Authors

B
Brit Bennett

Brit Bennett is the author of the bestsellers The Mothers and The Vanishing Half. She writes fiction that explores race, identity, and the lasting impact of family secrets. Her stories follow

J
Jean Esch

Jean Esch, born in 1962, is a French literary translator working from English, with a graduate degree in English studies. Over a four-decade career he has become one of France's leading translators of crime fiction and thrillers, translating authors including Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwell, George Pelecanos, and Donald Westlake, as well as Robert Muchamore's Cherub series. He is best known as the principal French translator of Philip Pullman, rendering the His Dark Materials trilogy and the...