Le Livre : 289 francs
One story. Perhaps yours.
289 francs follows Sarah from eight to sixty, through every moment where money decided in her place.
The novel is in two parts. In part one, you recognise your phrase, and perhaps see a bit of Sarah - or another character from her life - in yourself. Then in part two, "Reading between the lines", each scene is unpacked: how the Swiss pension system actually works, how inflation quietly eats into your savings, and why an emergency fund is a game changer. You may never read the novel, or your own story, the same way again.
French and English, in a single edition. CHF 29. The book comes out on October 14, in bookshops and on the website of GOOD HEIDI Production.
“Because we just can’t afford it.”
Sarah is eight years old the first time she hears those four words. A street in December, a hand gripping hers too tightly, a voice that cuts through everything. They will stay with her for the rest of her life.
Her mother had heard them from her own mother. Behind it all lies one man, one year: 1934, and a silence that four generations never dared to break.
From La Chaux-de-Fonds to a bench overlooking Lake Geneva, 289 francs is the story of that phrase. Of those who carried it with them. And of the courage it takes, one day, to decide that it ends here.
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