When it comes to choosing a lead writer, actress Anna Sahun doesn't hesitate for a moment: the Frenchman Emmanuel Carrère is one of the indispensable names in her library since she discovered him with L'adversari (Anagrama), originally published over twenty years ago. "It's a quick read, a very thin book, but you can't put it down," emphasizes the performer, who recalls discovering the French writer through her husband, actor and director Joel Joan. In L'adversari, which was adapted for the theatre in 2022, Carrère narrates the story of Jean-Claude Romand, a man who maintained a double life for eighteen years and who murdered his wife, children, and parents and attempted suicide when the truth was about to come out.

There are painful questions that only those who have experienced the death of a partner can answer. Which side of the bed should the surviving partner sleep on? When should you throw away the toothbrush of the one who has passed away? How do you set the table when there are no longer four of you, but three? Tessa Harry and Montse Clotet's partners, Josh and Aleix, died seven years ago, when Tessa was 30 and Montse was 42. They met in a bereavement support group a few months after their respective losses. Both had a strong and supportive network around them, and yet they felt profoundly alone. "There are situations that are difficult to understand if you haven't experienced them. Grief is very lonely, and everyone has their own way of coping," Clotet points out. The bond they forged helped them move forward and connect in a special way. "We would send each other a song, or a picture of a book we were reading. That was all it took; we already knew what we were saying to each other," says Harry.