Exclusively at Alliance Française de Singapour, Grégory Nicolas will present his latest novel "Mes sœurs, n'aimez pas les marins", published on 16 March and already in reprint.

Presentation at 4.30pm, followed by book signing
Book sale by our partner Akaroa onsite on event day

Brittany, 1942. In the middle of the Second World War, Jean, 16 becomes a sailor against the advice of his mother, Perrine. Later, Jean meets Paulette, falls in love and has a child Pierre. Just as happiness sets in, the sea takes Jean away from his family. Determined to thwart fate, Paulette takes Pierre away from the coast so that he will never become a sailor.

This novel is a moving tribute to those women to whom the sea has taken everything and yet, never give up.


"A great novel of love, adventure & filial love" - France Bleu Breizh Izel

"A humane story, worthy of those lives that will not be forgotten" - Paris Normandie

About the author

Grégory Nicolas is notably the author of Stories for a Hundred Years (Pocket – The Revelations 2020), Son of the Fisherman (Les Escales 2021, Pocket – Grand Prize for Readers 2022) and the series Papi is a great liar (PKJ). He also wrote Teammates (Hugo Sport 2019) which received the Antoine-Blondin Prize.