Octave says it couldnt have been easy for Vra, growing up with a sister as brilliant as me.

In the wake of her fathers death, Agathe leaves New York and returns to her childhood home in the French countryside, after fifteen years away. She and her sister Vra have not seen each other in all that time apart. Now, they must empty their home before it is knocked down. Vra stopped speaking when she was six, and as the pair clean and sift through a lifetimes worth of belongings, old memories and resentments surface.

Tender, melancholic and evocative,The Old Fireis an exploration of time and memory, of family and belonging, of the unsaid and the unanswered. It is also a graceful and profound exploration of how loss and grief can live alongside life and abundance.

Format: Hardcover
Published: 2026
Publisher: Daunt Originals
Pages: 176
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1917092334
ISBN 13: 9781917092333