Charlotte, young and fiercely independent, leaves the constraints of her Parisian childhood for Wales, running away from a traumatic event. Hoping to find peace and somewhere to rebuild her life, she is confronted with a growing sense of fragmentation and soon unravels.
Her mother, Marianne, well-travelled and with a colourful past, is keeping a terrible secret. She tries her best to conform her family to French middle class expectations when all at home is far from ordinary.
Wilson, a Nigerian man with a ticket to a new life studying at a New York university, falls victim to the French immigration system and finds himself stranded in Paris awaiting a visa that never comes.
A vivid and powerful novel exploring how travel, memory and family stories shape who we are. Set against the backdrop of significant political and humanitarian events, questioning how we see migration today. Assimilation is an important book for our time.
Sophie Buchaillard will be visiting bookshops across Wales throughout March
Griffin Books, Penarth
Book launch, 7 Mar 2024 7.30pm
Tickets available HERE
Bardic Vintage Books, Llantwit Major
9 Mar 2024 1pm
Tickets available HERE
Cover-to-Cover, Swansea
16 March 2024 12pm
Book signing
Wellfield Bookshop, Cardiff
23 Mar 2024 1.30pm
Book Signing
The Bookshop By The Sea, Aberystwyth
28 March 2024, 6:00pm
Tickets available HERE
Read an extract here: