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Advance Praise

“Early childhood in 1950s Paris. L’Amérique is a vivid narrative seen through the eyes of a growing boy. Filled with fascinating characters, a fantastic sense of time and place, and shot through with threads of rich humor. At the close, our young narrator is in America, awaiting an unsure future in the land of hope. The reader waits eagerly for what happens next.”

— Jane Feather, New York Times bestselling author of The Blackwater Brides series.

“An immigrant story told from a child’s viewpoint, Jeanot’s escapades in the land of miracles are wonderful and wonderfully rendered. Sometimes naïve, other times wise in the ways of the very young, L’Amérique is rich in surprises and delights. It’s a book worth lingering over.”

— David Robbins, New York Times bestselling author of War of the Rats; The Low Bird

“Jeanot, a young French boy, comes of age in L’Amérique. His world is peopled with quirky characters, his kind Papa, always trying to placate mercurial Maman, his wise Great Aunt Tatie, and his all-too-knowledgeable best friend Babette. The family moves to America, where “anything can happen” and often does in this bittersweet tale of growing up in two countries, the old world and the new. Thierry Sagnier offers up a rich blend of humor and pathos in L’Amérique, a story of cultural clashes and the common values of love and kindness that unite us all.”

— Ellen Herbert, author of The Last Government Girl, winner of the Maryland Writers’ Association Best Novel Award

“L’Amérique is one of those rare gems of literary fiction in which it is difficult to tell whether the character or the plot is in the driver’s seat. As an avid reader, I was at times, enchanted; as a would be writer, I was admiring and envious; as an adult, humbled; and as a parent, amused, and often ashamed.

Thirty-five years as a Family Therapist and Relationship expert have taught me the impossibility of viewing one’s childhood with any degree of accuracy. I was mesmerized by Sagnier’s ability to serve so faithfully as young Jeanot’s scribe. Anybody interested in childhood development should read this novel.”

— Marilyn Finch Williams, LCSW Psychotherapist, Founder of the MEDIAN Center for Resilience and Brain Training