Used book – Miroir de nos peines: Les Enfants du désastre, Pierre Lemaitre

April 1940. Thirty-year-old Louise runs naked down Boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the tragic scene she has just experienced, she will have to delve into the madness of a period unparalleled in history, where all of France, gripped by panic, plunges into chaos, bringing forth heroes and villains, liars and cowards... And a few people of good will.

It took all the verve and generosity of an unparalleled chronicler of French passions to capture the grandeur and decadence of a people crushed by circumstances. Powerful narrative, twists and turns, burlesque and tragic... Pierre Lemaître's talent is at its peak here.

The author possesses the art of popular serial fiction, the skill of structuring, the science of weaving multiple plots without neglecting any, and characters endowed with incredible charisma. Le Monde

Breathtaking and brilliant. Le Figaro magazine.

Very well researched and skillful. Lire.