With Gratitude, she has made a bold choice of subject matter . She is swimming energetically against the tide, because this is literary terrain neglected - not to say shunned - by many other novelists . The novel steadily accumulates into a moving tale of how unfinished business can be dealt with without diminishing the dignity of old age

? i paperPoignant ? ObserverA slim but powerful meditation on the nature of gratitude .. As with all the best fiction, what is ordinary has been elevated to the extraordinary . The beating heart of this novel is the exquisite empathy it demonstrates for the elderly and the process of aging . There is a gentle magnificence at work in its pages ? Irish TimesTender, poignant and heartfelt, this slender volume packs a huge emotional punch . [a] generous novel that celebrates communication, connection and courage ? Daily MailTaut and poignant ... There's sadness in this simple tale ? Sunday TelegraphA short, elegant novel ? SagaPraise for Delphine de Vigan: 'Delphine de Vigan's dark family thrillers are a cult sensation ? iA moving portrait of aging, devotion and love ... It stayed in my thoughts long after reading ? Eurolit NetworkThe latest literary sensation ... It has people in a word-of-mouth frenzy I've not seen since Gone Girl ? Daily TelegraphOne of the finest writers of psychological fiction in France today ? France MagazineYou're kept reading helplessly to the desperate cliffhanger finish ? Daily MailTaut and fascinating ... A moving tribute to the power the bonds of love ? GuardianA taut, intense novel of secrets, lies and the unknowable depths of others ? TatlerDark, smart, strange, compelling - and tremendously French -- Harriet LaneI've never read a book that makes the complex relationship between reality and fiction both as visible, and at the same time so opaque, as here. I was captivated. ? Independentde Vigan plays with the tropes of the psychological thriller, but her work is steeped in philosophical ruminations -- Joanna Briscoe ? GuardianFrighteningly honest, precise and thrilling ? Observer Delphine de Vigan is French and lives in Paris. She has published several novels for adults. No and Me was awarded the Prix des Libraires 2008 (The Booksellers' Prize) in France.George Miller is a regular translator for Le Monde diplomatique's English-language edition. He is also the translator of Conversations with my Gardener by Henri Cueco and Inside Al-Qaeda by Mohammed Sifaoui.