Vita brevis: a letter to St Augustine
- 164pages
- 6 heures de lecture
A playful and inventive work from the bestselling author of SOPHIE'S WORLD.



A playful and inventive work from the bestselling author of SOPHIE'S WORLD.
Cécilie, huit ans, ne tient pas sur ses jambes. Atteinte d’une maladie incurable, elle oscille entre veille et sommeil. Le soir de Noël, un ange apparaît dans sa chambre, Ariel propose un pacte à la petite fille. Si elle lui explique ce que c’est qu’être un humain, il lui révèlera les secrets célestes, la vie éternelle, l’envers du miroir…
Sweeping through one hundred years of Scandinavian history, this luminous story follows three generations of Swedish women--a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter--whose lives are linked through a century of great love and great loss. Resonating with truth and revelation, this moving novel deftly explores the often difficult but enduring ties between mothers and daughters, the sacrifices, compromises, and rewards in the relationships between men and women, and the patterns of emotion that repeat themselves through generations. If you have ever wanted to connect with the past, or rediscover family, Hanna's Daughters will strike a chord in your heart. . . .