La Grande Sophie is addressing Suzanne, the 'Suzanne' in the song from her album La Place du fantôme. In over a hundred letters, she tells her everything: the childhood dreams and disappointments, her joys and sorrows, her anger and determination as the daughter of political activists and a girl who dreamt of growing up to be like Catherine Deneuve in The Magic Donkey. Later, the concerts given after classes on the beaches of Pointe-Rouge (Marseille), creating her first songs, meeting Sylvie Vartan, Lee Hazlewood and Françoise Hardy, getting to know Paris and its legendary concert halls, life as part of a couple, the CEOs of record companies, bouquets of flowers and people who don’t call you back. Her slow-and-steadily constructed path as a self-taught artist says a lot about the person she is. Because more than just being a window on the life of a performer, this book offers VIP access behind the scenes in the life of a woman who is searching for her place in the world.