Review·by Estelle Normand·October 30, 2026
Décolorer sa fille, by Lucie Bérard
Lucie Bérard's debut novel follows Paula, adrift by the sea between memories and chemical blondness: a complex heroine with a caustic eye.
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Estelle Normand
Monthly column #jelislanuitinParis
Formerly an intellectual property lawyer and then a teacher, now moving into publishing, Estelle Normand shares her passion for contemporary literature on her Instagram account @jelislanuit. She is committed to highlighting first novels by women writers and independent bookshops. When she isn’t reading, she writes for Zone Critique and George.
Her monthly literary column, #jelislanuitinParis, is driven by the desire to introduce you to the new voices that will shape tomorrow’s literature.
Writing
Review·by Estelle Normand·October 29, 2026
Mes pieds nus frappent le sol, by Laure Martin
A striking and necessary autobiographical debut novel about a woman who survived sexual violence and incest: an urgent read.
Review·by Estelle Normand·October 28, 2026
Une bête à ton tour, by Anna Haillot
In language as punchy as it is visceral, the author takes apart the alienating, crushing machinery of the factory: its violence, its absurdity, and the inhumanity of its working conditions and its bosses.
Review·by Estelle Normand·September 16, 2026
Aladdin et moi, by Jeanette Winterson
Somewhere between memoir, essay, and the tales of the Thousand and One Nights, Jeanette Winterson has written a dense, gripping book on the liberating power of literature.
Review·by Estelle Normand·July 26, 2026
Toutes les vies, by Rebeka Warrior
A story of rare intensity about love, illness and grief, an uncompromising laying bare: a moving text, difficult but necessary.
Review·by Estelle Normand·July 1, 2026
Je suis la mer, by Elin Anna Labba
Through three women, a brilliant and necessary novel about the Sámi people, whose lands and villages are swallowed up in the name of progress.