Cherry Years - Claudie Gallay

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Synopsis:

Ages 15 and up

At school, he is called the "Annihilated One." Not only because he collects zeroes: his house, on the outskirts of the village, is threatened with being swallowed by a cliff that is slowly crumbling. And while everyone - authorities, neighbors, family - advises his parents to move as quickly as possible, they cling to their home. Especially his mother, who doesn't care much about reassuring her son and gives slaps more easily than hugs. It is outside that the young boy finds affection and reasons to love life: by taking care of his grandparents' farm animals, by dreaming of his friend Paulo's older sister, by swinging on the cherry tree planted at the edge of the abyss...

A melancholic novel, Les Années cerises (The Cherry Years) is illuminated by Claudie Gallay's immense tenderness for marginalized characters and overly sensitive children; her simple, gentle, and sincere style touches the heart.

Genre: Youth Literature, Young Adult, Contemporary

Publisher: Actes Sud, Babel collection

Format: Paperback

Publication date: 2011

Number of pages: 173

ISBN: 9782742796779