On n'enferme pas les oiseaux

Claire is fifteen years old and during long nights of insomnia, she escapes by writing this tale: A queen locked in a freezing cold cage ruled by a king. Or rather, it is the story of a daughter and a father. Nope. Once upon a time there was a queen and a bird. The pages are black, the ink is flowing.

One night, Mia, her older sister who went missing five years ago, reappears. Pregnant. Dream, ghost or hallucination? This unexpected return plunges Claire into the remains of her family, broken by the violence of a father.

Between memories and imagination, fantasy or real, the appearance of Mia is a call to sorority, so that finally Claire finds the strength to fly. Far from the kings of stone...