Bevor ich es vergesse

The favorite book of the French book trade – awarded the French public prize for "Best Book of the Year." A heartwarming father-daughter story about saying goodbye and the attempt at a late reconciliation. "Beautiful." Le Monde des livres. "Reeling in the nets" – those would have been her father's words, Anne thinks, as she stands in the hospital in Poissy, packing up the belongings of the deceased with her brother. While she takes care of the formalities, organizes the funeral, and clears out the family home, she must confront the conflicting feelings she has about her father. This ambivalent and seemingly unconquerable man, who came from humble beginnings, was a self-taught individual, in his own way a punk, a passionate follower of Eastern philosophies, but also an alcoholic and violent man who embroiled his family in a constant "civil war." It is only when a letter from a childhood friend of her father's arrives that she begins to understand how fragile his life truly was.