UN TOUT PETIT RIEN

An endearing and poignantly accurate novel about the painful yet joyous transition from one way of life to another.

At 25, Camille's world falls apart when she finds out that she's pregnant by the man with whom she shares her bed but little else. "The biggest commitment we'd ever made to each other was to say we'd be in touch at the weekend and that was on a Tuesday. It's about much more than sex, but a lot less than love. We're stuck somewhere in the middle." When her lover hears the news, he walks out and doesn't come back. And so begin twelve weeks of hesitation amidst meetings with friends, shouting matches with her family, and doctor's appointments. Camille draws up lists of pros and cons, despairs as she climbs the seven floors to her garret flat, and bursts into tears when one of her yoghourts plunges to a sticky end below. The clock is ticking, but she just can't make up her mind: should she keep the baby and bring it up on her own, or get rid of it and try and pick up where she left off? Camille Anseaume has written an endearing and poignantly accurate novel about the painful yet joyous transition from one way of life to another. At the end of the day, this tender, poetic and amusing narrative says more about the birth of a mother than the birth of a baby. Camille Anseaume is a journalist for women's magazines. She also runs the blog "Café de filles", voted ‘star blog' by ELLE magazine's editorial team.