I've wanted to read this novel for quite a while, ever since it was serialised on Radio 4 in fact, but I wanted to read it in French. I intended to get it when I was in France in Sweptember but forgot the name of the author. I was impressed with the ease and speed with which I got it on Amazon plus it's a Livre de Poche.
It's a very good read, a little bit "oh it's the very clever girl who loves the naughty boy in her class, has a depressed mother and befriends a homeless girl" yet the characters are all loveable and the ending is realistic even though it has sentimental aspects. I really enjoyed it and am not surprised it's nbeen translated into 20? languages.