Peri Denton

Lavande & Pavot Peri Denton

A family mystery which begins with the seeking of truths. Specifically, is this bewildered questioner alive, dead, or is that yet to be determined? Stories are told by an assortment of characters who relay their individual experiences and perspectives: some gentle and kind, others dysfunctional and disconnected. And what is revealed is how the consequences of conception - heartache and grief, death, lies and deception - have been unknowingly perpetuated by the issue who have descended from a seemingly innocent liaison decades earlier. Beginning with the birth of Noémie in 1925, through the second world war in France, to the year 2008, this family saga reveals repercussions that have reverberated through generations until finally the truth is revealed in one final twist.