To Mélie, sans mélo, Barbara Constantine

Mélie, seventy-two, lives alone in the countryside. Her granddaughter, Clara, is coming to stay with her for the first time for the entire summer holidays. The day before her arrival, Mélie learns she has a health problem... She'll deal with that later. The priority is her beloved Clara!

Mélie isn't one for melodrama. She's going to spend the summer (her last?) creating memories for Clara. Fun ones. Like watching bamboo grow while listening to La Traviata, singing Nougaro songs in the rain, and tasting the weeds that grow along the paths. There's also... old Marcel, who will teach Clara mechanics, Fanette, her mother, who will find her a stepfather, Bello, her godfather, who will expand his group of musician godchildren. And then, because life is truly crazy sometimes, there's Mélie who will finally find true love... One hundred and fifty years between them? But when you're in love, you don't count the years!