Around 15 young widows will meet in a Nantes restaurant on February 14. They will share their memories, their sorrows and their moments of grace.

“In mourning, we understand that talking soothes,” says Perrine Emeriaud Buée, 42. ‘We are carried by an instinct for life,’ says Sophie-Charlotte Chapman, 47, who lost her husband on Valentine’s Day in 2020, at the age of 57. 'We say words to each other and the other feels the same thing,' says another organizer.