Twenty-year-old Julie, the heroine of Agnès Ledig’s new novel “Half a Step to Happiness,” has not believed in fairy tales for a long time. Does a cashier at a supermarket who is raising a child alone care about fairies and prince charmings?! Her only joy is little Luke. It is for the sake of her son that she decides to accept an unexpected invitation from a stranger to spend a few days in Brittany, in his house on the seashore. But how can you find out what is behind this - a smile of fortune or another dirty trick of fate... The pages of Agnès Ledig's amazingly bright book are laughter, tears, joy, despair, this is a story that can reconcile us with life.