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In “Aux Cabanes”, Bertrand Touzet, physiotherapist, writer at dawn, explores the quest for maternity of a woman. A deep story, born of real life, on the chosen maternity and the bonds that save.
“He disappeared. These three words open the fifth novel by Bertrand Touzet, “Aux Cabanes”, expected in bookstores on June 5 (Editions Terres de France). The book features Mathilde, a forty -year -old in search of a child. “She is an audience cruncher. At the start of the book, she came out up of a very hard trial: that of the Canadian tourist who accused two police officers from the 36 quay of rape goldsmiths. The police will finally be acquitted. At the same time, Mathilde realizes that her affair with a married man leads to nothing. Before attacking another river trial, she decided to take a break in her holiday home, located in the huts, near Fitou, on the edge of the Leucate pond. It is there that she understands that it is not a man, but a child, who lacks her life, and she embarks on a PMA journey with her best friend, ”summarizes the author.
Bertrand Touzet in dates
May 14, 1979: Birth of Bertrand Touzet
2003 : Installation as a Muret physiotherapy
2021 : Released from his first novel “Aurore”.
2022 : He receives the Lion’s Club Prize for “Aurore”
June 8, 2025: Release of his next novel “Aux Cabanes”
As in her first novel “Aurore”, published in 2021, Bertrand Touzet paints the portrait of a strong and contrasting female character here. “The character was inspired to me by a true story, heard in the program” Les Maternelles “, as well as by the journey of a friend party to make a baby in Spain,” he slips. This time, Mathilde’s role is balanced by that of Thomas, who also occupies an important place. “In my novels, I need strong characters. Women are very inspiring from this point of view, ”says Bertrand Touzet.
“Captivate readers from the first pages”
At 46, Bertrand Touzet leads a double life of physiotherapist and writer. Located in Muret, he practices his job during the day and written in his spare time. “I write in the morning, from 6 to 9 am, especially the weekend. During the day, it also happens to note some ideas between two patients in my office, just five minutes, like a small escape that makes me feel good, where I let my sensitivity speak, “he says.
His lively and rhythmic style, which is based on short and sensory sentences, is at the service of characters overflowing with humanity. “I like captivating my readers from the first lines, then sowing key elements gradually,” explains the author. Father of three children – Martin (18), Héloïse (15) and Guilhem (10) – Bertrand Touzet is largely inspired by his daily life: the reflections of his children or his patients feed his stories. A small box to read sits in his office, where he shares his readings with those who meet him.
Far from him, the idea of wanting to write a full -time activity, Bertrand Touzet claims this link to reality: “I write about people. If I cut myself from them, I will lose my credibility, my essence of writing, ”he slips. If her first novel “Aurore” received several literary awards, this is not what pushed him to continue, “but rather the stories that I wanted to share with as many people as possible. Even if at the start, I write for myself, ”he says.
Its readers are sometimes unexpected. With the association “Read to get out”, Bertrand Touzet presented “Aurore” to prisoners: “I did it twice, they were very beautiful meetings. I did not think that this woman’s story could interest them, and yet a prisoner told me that he had read nothing for years, ”says the author.
His fifth manuscript is already underway. He will focus on adolescence. “This time, my hero will be a perfumer,” he said.
