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I was born in Annecy. my father died when I was three and my mother left with a butcher from the neighborhood. I
did not stay on good terms with her. I used to visit them sometimes, her and her new husband, but I felt
embarrassed between
them (I felt a soreness between us). She was a hard and irascible woman, not sentimental
at all as I am. Her angers frightened me.
My aunt, my mother's sister, took a bit
care of me during my childhood. She was
neither sentimental. She distrusted everything. And she distrusted me too. I must admit we didn't really have deep bonds.
Memories that I have of my childhood are neither good, nor bad. I think that if my father had lived, I would have got well with him and everything would have been different. I was told he was a hothead (c'est ok) and it took me
a long time before
I could understand what this would mean.
My aunt
lives in Veyrier-Du-Lac. She worked in villas, by rich people. She did housework, went shopping and cooked for them.