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GRATITUDE - DELPHINE DE VIGAN TASCHENBUCH

'Extraordinary . The beating heart of this novel is the exquisite empathy it demonstrates .
There is a gentle magnificence at work in its pages' Irish Times 'Tender  poignant and
heartfelt ... A generous novel that celebrates communication  connection and courage' Daily
Mail Marie owes Michka more than she can say - but Michka is getting older  and can't look
after herself any more. So Marie has moved her to a home where she'll be safe. But Michka
doesn't feel any safer  she is haunted by strange figures who threaten to unearth her most
secret  buried guilt  guilt that she's carried since she was a little girl. And she is losing
her words - grasping more desperately day by day for what once came easily to her. Jérôme is a
speech therapist  dispatched to help the home's ageing population snatch and hold tight onto
the speech still afforded to them. But Michka is no ordinary client. Michka has been carrying
an old debt she does not know how to repay - and as her words slide out of her grasp  time is
running out. Delicately wrought and darkly gripping  Gratitude is about love  loss and
redemption  about what we owe one another  and the redemptive power of showing thanks.

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