One Day I’ll Tell You Everything

After ten years away, Adèle has returned to drive the school bus in the village in the Ardèche mountains where she grew up. Her body has undergone seismic transformations, just like the landscape around her. No one recognises her. But when a snowstorm strands the bus on a mountainside, Adèle and her passengers take shelter in a cave, and the secrets begin to emerge.

One Day I’ll Tell You Everything is the haunting story of two siblings—a younger brother and his older sister, who used to be his brother.

Prize-winning author Emmanuelle Pagano was born in 1969 and lives in the Ardèche in south-east France. She has written fifteen novels. One Day I’ll Tell You Everything won the European Prize for Literature and has been translated into more than fifteen languages. She regularly collaborates with artists working in other disciplines.

‘A sumptuous read. My senses were set alight—I could feel the sun, smell the air, taste the snow. At its heart lies the story of Adèle; every page thrums with her love.’ Melanie Cheng, author of Room for a Stranger

‘Close to being a masterpiece. A novel full of grace that takes us into the heart of female experience.’ Le Matricule des Anges

‘A superb novel, both thrilling and consoling.’ Le Soir

‘A love story that is as troubling as it is exhilarating.’ Télérama