A novel that explores gender and paints a portrait of today's society through a chorus of multiple narrators

Being a man is cramping Philippe's style. Marion has three kids together with... Élise! Camille wants to change the world, Ashanta doesn't believe anyone can, and Isabelle is so in love she could die. Maya is a sex worker; Jo, a cop, doesn't much appreciate that. Despite their differences, these seven characters discover how they can help each other as their lives intersect and intertwine. Modern love, desire, and relationships are diagnosed in this novel of unsettling truths about stereotypes, passions, sexualities, les parenthood, and couplehood.