Used book – A French Comedy, Erik Orsenna

1945. Louis and Bénédicte meet, smile at each other, then get married. Louis commits to rebuilding the country, and Bénédicte makes jealousy her profession. Clara, their daughter, discovers the gift of tears: crying will be her only pleasure. As for Charles, her little brother, at the age of five, he is surprised not to be already Minister of the Interior. A French comedy recounts the irresistible race of these four characters behind the scenes of the history of the twenty post-war years.