Three Days and a Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780857056658)

In 1999, in the small provincial town of Beauval, France, twelve-year-old Antoine Courtin accidentally kills a young neighbor boy in the woods near his home. Panicked, he conceals the body and to his relief--and ongoing shame--he is never suspected of any connection to the child's disappearance.
But the boy's death continues to haunt him, shaping his life in unseen ways. More than a decade later, Antoine is living in Paris, now a young doctor with a fianc e and a promising future. On a rare trip home to the town he hates and fears, Antoine thoughtlessly sleeps with a beautiful young woman from his past. She shows up pregnant at his doorstep in Paris a few months later, insisting that they marry.

Meanwhile, the newly discovered body of Antoine's childhood victim means that the case has been reopened, and all of his old fears rush back. With the gravitational pull of his hometown strengthening its grip, Antoine may finally be forced to confront his past. Is he prepared to do what he must to keep his darkest secrets buried?


Author: Pierre Lemaitre
ISBN-10: 0857056654
ISBN-13: 9780857056658
Publisher: Maclehose Press Quercus
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2018
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.04w x 0.71d