Hallelujah. Â With the first notes of the guitar I bit my lips and stared at the overhead lamp to hold back my tears. Simon adjusted his rearview mirror and immobilized me. âYou okay? Are you sad?â âNo,â I replied, cracking at the seams, âIâm just really . . . really happy.â Â
Born in Paris in 1970, Anna Gavalda published her first work, I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere , a critically acclaimed collection of short stories that sold a half a million copies in her native France, in 1999. She has since published three novels, all of which have been bestsellers in Europe. Her novel Hunting and Gathering was made into a film starring Audrey Tatou and Daniel Auteil.