Una promesa, 33 cartas y un cementerio hechizado que se convierte en el escenario de una historia de amor mágica en la nueva novela del autor de La sonrisa de las mujeres.

Antes de morir, Hélène le hizo prometer a su marido, Julien, que le escribiría treinta y tres cartas, una por cada año de su vida. Para su asombro, Julien se da cuenta de que esta correspondencia, que deja en un compartimento secreto de su tumba en el cementerio de Montmartre, se ha convertido en una suerte de consuelo. Le habla de la vida que ahora ha de vivir sin ella; de su amor, ya no recíproco; de su hijo Arthur, que no quiere un padre que se siente desgraciado.

Hasta que un día descubre que las cartas han desaparecido y en su lugar empieza a encontrar pequeñas respuestas: un bonito corazón de piedra, un poema, un ramillete de nomeolvides... lo que Julien no sabe es que alguien lo observa. Alguien que lee sus cartas y quiere ayudarlo. Alguien que se ha enamorado de él.

La crítica ha dicho...
«Conmovedor hasta la última página.» -Elle

«Barreau es el maestro de la comedia romántica.» -La Stampa

Julien Azouly is a French writer of romantic comedies. When his dearly beloved wife Helen dies at the early age of 33, leaving him alone with their son Arthur, he is so devastated that he would like to put an end to his own life. But Helen was clever. She made her husband promise that he would write her 33 letters, one for each year of her life. Six months after the funeral, Julian reluctantly writes his first letter to Helen, and he finds the writing of these letters strangely comforting.

Julien places his letters in the secret compartment of an angel statue he had commissioned for Helen's grave, in the legendary Montmartre cemetery in Paris, where she is buried.

But one day, Julien finds that his letters have vanished. Has the love of his life decided to give him a sign from above?

What Julien does not know is that someone is watching him, an unsuspecting person who cannot resist the temptation to draw him back into the world of the living.

The heart-breaking story about the young author Julien who fulfills his dead wife's last wish to write her one letter for each year of her short life is touching and magical until the very last page. - ELLE