Rozčarované – Vareilleová Marie (2024)

The disappearance of fifteen-year-old Sarah Leroy is a shocking event not only for the locals of a small town by the English Channel but is being discussed all over France. Despite all the speculation and the condemnation of the main suspect, no one has yet figured out what really happened. Twenty years later, journalist Fanny returns to the scene of the tragedy that marked her youth to write a series of articles about the events. However, she is not particularly keen on uncovering the long-buried secret for personal reasons. Moreover, the clues are astonishing, confusing, and breathtaking... There is more than one story behind Sarah Leroy's disappearance. It also involves the secret of a group of girls and the web of their relationships and solidarity. The novel "Disenchanted" smells of first cigarettes and chlorine at the local pool, oaths of friendship, and above all, the deepest secrets that weave a safety net. Marie Vareille, one of the most popular French authors, delicately and with a true sense of tension exposes the inner mechanism of female friendship in a captivating, emotion-filled novel about growing up and the strength of women and their ability to stick together.