The Confidant - Tapa blanda

"Helene Gremillon takes us to the heart of a family secret. We witness undeclared love, hidden hatreds, and revenge with terrible consequences. She writes of two periods in time in two voices. And we are twice as caught up in this book which truly touches our hearts."--ELLE (France)

"Succumb to a very French story and allow yourself to be seduced by Helene Gremillon's serpentine tale of wartime passion and revenge. As the past intensifies its grip on a young woman's present, shifting perspectives exert an irresistible pull. Direct, unsettling and atmospheric." --Deborah Lawrenson, author of The Lantern

"Helene Gremillon tells her heartrending tale of human frailty, cruelty and love in prose of subtle elegance, and her flawed, fascinating characters stayed with me long after I'd finished the book. This is poised and beautiful storytelling." --Margaret Leroy, author of The Soldier's Wife

"This most assured first novel is structured like a series of matryoshka dolls; as we start reading, stories within stories are revealed until we are finally faced with the gem at the centre. Gremillon's conclusion to what is both mystery story and romance is an absolute crackerjack." --The Saturday Age (Australia)

"Helene Gremillon's talent bursts forth in this first novel, as much for the style as the historical details and the suspense that persists up to the very last paragraph. As for the main characters... they are all complex, unpredictable and above all charismatic."--Le Nouvel Observateur

"The cinematic rhythm is thrilling. A triumph." --Paris Match Belgium (France)

"Helene Gremillon: remember this name! Scrupulously written, with fine and harmonious phrasing that renders the heroines' voices perfectly."--Le Point

"Sensitively written, it is a suspenseful, absorbing tale about the power of history and how it plays on the present." --Herald on Sunday (Australia)

"A truly compelling read." --Grazia (Australia)

"Step back in time with this intriguing French mystery... Gremillon expertly builds the psychological suspense." --Courier Mail (Australia)