Grec de Turquie, Kostas, artisan bottier en région parisienne, vieil homme émigré, n’arrive pas à imaginer la vie à venir près de ses enfants. Il rencontre Djamila, d’origine arabe, jeune et énergique. Avec elle, il fait le voyage de retour effectué cinquante ans plus tôt. Parvenus à Salonique, il retrouve son passé, et Djamila découvre ce qu’est une famille.
For 25 years,
Isabelle Pandazopoulos was a teacher of literature, teaching children with severe academic difficulties and mental disabilities. Then she became a trainer at INSPE for specialized teachers and documentalist teachers.
For the past few years, she has devoted herself entirely to writing.
She has published 6 Young Adult novels, selected for numerous prizes, notably the Prix Vendredi and the Prix des Incorruptibles, and all published in the Scripto collection by Gallimard Jeunesse and by Rageot.
She has also adapted texts from Greek mythology, The Odyssey, The Labours of Hercules, and has initiated a new series that tells this same mythology from the point of view of women: Athena, Penelope, Ariadne and Demeter.
She also conducts writing workshops.
