Tata: A Novel
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST AUDIOBOOKS OF 2026
A July 2026 Indie Next Pick
What happens when the person you thought you knew your whole life has a completely unknown past?
Valérie Perrin’s first new novel since her breakout bestseller Fresh Water for Flowers is a compelling story about a woman determined to carve her own destiny.
Agnes learns that her beloved aunt Colette, her Tata, has died—three years after she was presumed dead. When Agnes returns home to the small country town of Gueugnon, she discovers the cassettes her aunt left behind and learns that Colette’s life was far more complex and intricate than she could have ever imagined.
What begins as a riveting whydunit turns into a multigenerational family saga about trauma and forgiveness, resilience and reinvention, and the sacrifices made to live a life in full color.
★ “A bewitching novel about found family and the transformative power of love.”—Foreword Reviews (starred)
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About the author
Valérie Perrin was born in 1967 in Remiremont, in the Vosges Mountains, France. She grew up in Burgundy and settled in Paris at the age of nineteen. The international success of her novels Forgotten on Sunday, Fresh Water for Flowers, Three, and Tata has made her one of the most widely read and most beloved French authors in the world. Fresh Water for Flowers (Europa, 2020) won the Maison de la Presse Prize, the Paperback Readers Prize, and was named an ABA Indies Introduce and Indie Next List title. It has been translated into forty languages. In Italy, both Fresh Water for Flowers and Tata (Europa, 2026) were the bestselling books of their respective publication years. In 2025, readers of ELLE named Perrin one of their top ten favorite French authors of all time. Perrin now lives in Paris.
For Europa Editions, Hildegarde Serle has translated the bestselling Mirror Visitor series by Christelle Dabos and Perrin’s previous book, Fresh Water for Flowers. She lives in London.
