Recently published by Editions Nouvel – Hachette Antoine, the novel “My Sister and I” by the bestselling French author Virginie Grimaldi, translated into Arabic by Lebanese novelist and critic Katia Al-Taweel, explores the complex relationship between two sisters with all its beauty and complications, joys and disappointments.

“My Sister and I” is a celebration of family bonds and the human capacity to endure pain and find renewal.

What might a sister say to her sibling after five years of complete estrangement? Where might any conversation between them begin and where could it lead?

In the recently deceased grandmother’s house, before handing over the place and its memories to the new owner, sisters Emma and Agathe meet. They shared a difficult childhood that brought them close but eventually separated them.

In that peaceful house in the French Basque region where they spent the best days of their childhood and found refuge during their mother’s hardships, the sisters talk about everything: memories, motherhood, hidden bonds passed through generations, addiction, violence, bullying, depression, brotherhood, friendship, love, and more.

Time blurs as they recall the past and envision the future, but above all, they finally confront the present with confession.

This book explores the delicate and thorny relationship between any two sisters: complicity and discord, moments of laughter and tears, the burden of memory and the lightness of intimacy… all conveyed with simplicity yet without monotony, in an engaging text wrapped in love.

Virginie Grimaldi was born in 1977 in Bordeaux, France, where she still lives. Her novels are known for their deep human touch mixed with light humor and have been translated into more than twenty languages due to their sincerity and closeness to readers’ lives. In 2024, she continues to be a bestselling author for the seventh consecutive year.