TATÀ

Tatà is the pet name for Tante, which means aunt in French.

There is no two without three, although Three is actually the second of Valérie Perrin‘s books  I have read.

Valérie said she decided to write the story of an aunt after hearing a child shouting ‘Tatà!’

Does it ever happen to you that a single detail strikes you, turning into a kind of key to much bigger emotions or thoughts?

Where do you find your inspiration?

Valérie knows very well how to write a successful book, I imagine her a bit like an expert cook who uses many ingredients with the knowledge that they are right for the end result.

Tatà is set in Gueugnon in Burgundy, the author’s place of origin and deep province. 

Gueugnon is famous for its local soccer team  which has reached very high levels. Valérie’s father was a footballer in this team.

The heart of the story is told on the first page: the protagonist discovers that her aunt has re-dead.

Yes: re-dead, a term coined to represent the fact that she is told of the death of her aunt who has actually already been dead for three years.

Understanding how this is possible leads to the discovery of an aunt as immense as she is submerged like an iceberg.

How about you? Do you have an aunt of the heart?