My father
«All women have a father: it is important to understand this, which is not self-evident. All women have a father: that means that all women are doomed to unhappiness.»
When, one day, she receives a letter from a stranger who tells her he is her father’s son, and she believes him without hesitation, Hélèna, the narrator, re-explores her past.
A long cry, Mon Père is also a fervent prayer from an over-loving daughter to a father she has loved too much.
Is it possible to hate and love at the same time?
As she slowly drifts along, Héléna, mother and daughter, child and teacher, discovers another truth in her beautiful, deep voice, which is taut to the extreme.
