Lunéville. A first novel taken from the notebook of an unknown woman from Lunéville

Following the discovery in an attic of a notebook written by a woman from Lunéville during the First World War, Fred Juarez, who spent part of his childhood in Lunéville, wrote his first novel in which he borrows words from this stranger and invents a life for her. He hopes to launch his book in Lunéville at the same time as an exhibition, at the theater, of drawings found in the same attic.

The story takes place during the Great War, a mixture of reality and fiction, including part of it in Lunéville, where the author spent several years of his youth. Photo Xavier Collin — The story takes place during the Great War, a mixture of reality and fiction, including part of it in Lunéville, where the author spent several years of his youth. Photo: Xavier Collin

"My novel , The Whispers of Hope, is based on a true story," says Fred Juarez. This American native discovered, while moving out of a family building in Lunéville after it was sold, a...

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