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A well-known actress who earned enduring fame through her roles as a mischievous maid, Aline Aubier is finishing her life wrapped in comfortable but tedious boredom under the supervision of her loving but authoritative daughter.
One day, Cléo, a lost kitten appears and for a short while she revives in Aline the shimmer of a life filled with joy and fantasy. This moment of happiness brought by Cléo will, for Aline, be the final spark of life before the collapse of her body and mind.
With this profoundly realistic and starkly simple story, Henri Troyat gives us one of his most touching books.