Growing up between poverty and privilege leaves marks that adulthood cannot erase. This psychological novel inspired by real life explores childhood trauma, personal growth, and the search for meaning while living as an immigrant in Paris.

As a child, the protagonist makes small but desperate choices to survive. A minor decision — selling a Christmas tree to buy a sausage — leaves a scar and memory that only years later begins to reveal how the past shapes identity.

Now living in Paris, surrounded by beauty and the stories of others, his inner wounds remain. Through sessions with a psychologist, he revisits his childhood and adolescence, uncovering what his subconscious tried to hide: family inequality, betrayal, fears, losses, and the quiet resentment that lingers into adulthood.

This novel is a journey through the labyrinth of the inner world, blending philosophy of choice, psychology, self-observation, and long-buried emotions. Paris, with its rainy streets, cafés, and bridges, mirrors the protagonist’s inner life.

He loses himself and finds himself again, learning to accept the past and live in the present. The final meeting with his psychologist in a warm Parisian café leaves one question: is he finally ready to open his heart?