Préférer l’hiver / Prefer Winter – Jeannin

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Author:

Aurélie Jeannin

Publication Date:

HarperCollins France
January 2020

Rights Sold

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PREFER WINTER

Rights Holder: HarperCollins France
Original Language: French

«This novel is reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and Marlen Haushofer’s The Wall. It’s stunning. »
— Rebecca Lighieri, author of Garçons de l’été (P.O.L., 2017)

A mother and daughter take refuge in a cabin in the forest. After tragedy struck for them both, they decided to keep their distance from the world and become recluses.

Winter lasts 89 days and it is formidable.

In a precise and concise language that expresses a gratitude to Nature, Aurélie Jeannin delivers a deeply moving first novel that is both a harrowing portrait of a mother and her daughter, and an ode to a simple life encouraged by Thoreau, an alternative proposition to our fast-paced lives.

Aurélie Jeannin was born in 1982. In 2013, she founded La Petite Maison à Plume, specializing in communication and consulting. She lives with her husband and two children in the forest, somewhere in France. Préférer l’hiver is her first novel and was acquired by HarperCollins in a three-way auction.