Signol:Marie des Brebis

On an autumn evening in 1901, the foundling Marie is brought by a shepherd to a farming family. She is welcomed and raised as a daughter. She spends nearly her entire life as a simple shepherdess in the unspoiled nature of Quercy, surrounded by warm-hearted people who instill in her a fundamental trust in the goodness of the world, which she carries with her in all situations. She experiences two world wars and bravely and wisely faces hardships such as the loss of her son, who fought in the resistance against the German occupiers, and the early death of her husband. This life-affirming attitude allows her to look back at the end of her fulfilled existence with cheerfulness and gratitude on a dramatic century. Her story, recorded by the French bestselling author Christian Signol, makes us marvel at how rich this life was, sustained by wisdom and trust and a sensitivity to what weaves behind and within the everyday things of existence.