Clémentine Beauvais

Sainte Marguerite-Marie et moi

Sainte Marguerite-Marie and I

August 25, 2021
Novel
248 pages
145 × 195 mm
16 €
9782369690894
978-2-3696-9089-4
																Clémentine Beauvais, Sainte Marguerite-Marie et moi
																Clémentine Beauvais, Sainte Marguerite-Marie et moi

Nothing about Clémentine, unbaptized agnostic, feminist 2.0, and vegetarian ecologist, hinted that she would investigate Saint Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, a 17th century mystic and apostle of the Sacré Cœur. But here’s the thing: according to family legend, the nun is a grandmother. Meanwhile Clémentine is pregnant, and her beloved grandmother is losing her memory… It’s time to go in search of her roots.

In this beautifully written true story, Clémentine tells us with a humour as benevolent as it is devastating, her discovery of the Catholic world; and above all, she offers us a real encounter, powerful and offbeat, with the visionary of Paray-le-Monial.

The author

Clémentine Beauvais writes and translates, mainly children’s literature. She is notably the author of Petites reines and Songe à la douceur for Sarbacane Editions. She has translated numerous novels by Elizabeth Acevedo, Sarah Crossan, as well as novels by Meg Rosoff and J.K. Rowling’s The Ickabog. Her books have won multiple national and international awards. She is also a research professor at the University of York, England.

Strong points

The event of the new literary season: a captivating spiritual thriller

An agnostic’s investigation of the saint of the Sacré Cœur

A real gem of literature and humour

Heard and read about

« In Sainte Marguerite-Marie et moi, Clémentine Beauvais creates hagiography of proximity. Sainthood as revolution ! »

Amélie Nothomb.

« Sainte Marguerite-Marie 2.0! Rarely do you find a book as spiritual as it as joyous, as iconoclastic as it is offbeat. A mind-blowing read! »

Mathilde Mahieux, La Procure Paris.

« Warm writing that wakes up with humour a saint of yesterday for today. »

Christophe Henning, La Croix.
August 25, 2021
Novel
248 pages
145 × 195 mm
16 €
9782369690894
978-2-3696-9089-4