Used book – L'écureuil des vignes, Jean Anglade

As a child, Sylvain served as a "squirrel" in his father's workshop, a quarryman in Volvic. He was in charge of turning the wheel to lift stones. But a completely different destiny awaited him: that of a country doctor in this harsh Auvergne canton, in the mid-19th century.

After finishing his studies, Sylvain settled in Saint-Gervais. As destitute as his patients, he became, through patience and generosity, loved and respected by all. A doctor of souls as much as of bodies, the good doctor, however, did not see the trap into which he was about to fall...

"All of Jean Anglade's humanism can be found in this novel. A surprising tone and presence for a generous novel." Côté Femme