Nathalie Sauvage releases a second novel, “The Force of our Enlaced Hearts”

Having ties to Chauvigny, Nathalie Sauvage, after working as a bookseller, began writing and illustrating Books. “I spent my childhood in Châtellerault, where I attended the Jean-Macé college and the Edouard-Branly high school. » Trained as an accountant, she worked for ten years in a medical equipment store.

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“Life’s journeys made, I left the region for Normandy, she says. Through different jobs, I joined a bookstore, as I am passionate about literature. For 22 years, I worked as a bookseller with pleasure. I was like a fish in water among books of infinite richness. »
In daily contact with all these works, Nathalie Sauvage suddenly “a crazy desire to put down on paper the children’s stories that I had told to my daughters”. It was then that she began to write and illustrate books for children. “With my husband, himself an independent author with his own publishing house, “The Imaginary Cargo”, we embarked on this crazy adventure. »
But she also had the urge to write for adults. “My first novel was released at the end of 2023. The positive feedback from readers encouraged me to continue in this direction. So I edited a second novel in October. »
This book, The Strength of our entwined heartsmade him return to his “dear” Poitou. “I needed, following family events, to immerse my characters in L'Isle-Jourdain and Chauvigny, this medieval town dear to my heart where my roots grew in the sweet family nest. »

“We must not give up”

In her novel, which takes place between the wars, three sisters with different characters will have to face their destiny and find a way through the difficulties of life as women. “I am neither a historian nor a feminist, but a woman author who simply wants to raise awareness about the struggles that women had to face for their independence in this difficult period of reconstruction. Without forgetting that we must not give up and continue to raise our heads to defend the conditions of women around the world. »
For the end of the year, Nathalie Sauvage will sign her books in different points of sale in Vienne (1). This is a good gift idea for the end of year holidays.

(1) Friday November 29 at the Leclerc cultural space in Châtellerault, Saturday November 30 at the Cenon-sur-Vienne Book Fair, Sunday 1^is December at the Dienné Christmas market, Friday December 6 and Saturday December 7 at the Leclerc cultural space in Jardres.