LA DRÔLE DE VIE DE ZELDA ZONK

What if Anybody Can Change Their Life?

On a Tuesday like any other, on a road she had taken so many times, destiny lies in wait for Hanna. Heavy rain, a truck then a terrible accident. In the hospital where she is bedridden for many long weeks, Hanna becomes close to her roommate, a feisty, 85-year-old woman with a sparkling personality and an indomitable spirit. But in spite of their budding friendship, Hanna senses something mysterious about Zelda, who dodges any real questions about her past. When Hanna's sister mentions that Zelda Zonk was the name that Marilyn Monroe used to escape from the public eye, Hanna starts to wonder But of course it's ridiculous. Everybody knows that Marilyn Monroe has been dead for fifty years. And yet Hanna soon meets Zelda's son, the seductive Michael, and her quiet, uneventful life is shaken to the core. All of a sudden, possibilities open up, but they come with dangers. After all, Hanna is happily married, isn't she? Shouldn't that be enough? But Hanna can no longer stop herself from thinking: if Zelda really was Marilyn, and she managed to swap the spotlight for a happier life in the shadows, can't she try to change hers, too? Can anybody change their life if they dare to take the risk? A journalist for twenty years and a mother of six, Laurence Peyrin now devotes herself to writing, seeking out the quiet of Grenoble public library every day.