Fourteen-year-old Bernadette feels alarmingly unwell during her end-of-year concert. Convinced that she was suffering from heart disease, she checked her pulse, and the summer in Kamouraska, far from her best friend Lina, promised to be a difficult one. Above all, she dreads another crisis at the bistro where she has been hired, in front of the kitchen staff and sixteen-year-old Kiki, who has a wry retort. Strengthened by her new friendships, Bernadette soon distances herself from her overprotective parents - not without discovering in the process that adults cannot escape the dangers they seem to see everywhere.
In this novel, which pulses to the beat of the music, Bernadette tames her fear of being afraid, with a mad desire to live.
Ages 12+.
Author: Fanny Britt
Publisher: Le Cheval d'Août
Publication date: 23 September 2024
Pages: 288
Language: French
Fourteen-year-old Bernadette feels alarmingly unwell during her end-of-year concert. Convinced that she was suffering from heart disease, she checked her pulse, and the summer in Kamouraska, far from her best friend Lina, promised to be a difficult one. Above all, she dreads another crisis at the bistro where she has been hired, in front of the kitchen staff and sixteen-year-old Kiki, who has a wry retort. Strengthened by her new friendships, Bernadette soon distances herself from her overprotective parents - not without discovering in the process that adults cannot escape the dangers they seem to see everywhere.
In this novel, which pulses to the beat of the music, Bernadette tames her fear of being afraid, with a mad desire to
