A coming-of-age story and a search for self featuring a a pair of characters caught painfully between adolescence adulthood.

Ombline lives by herself in Montmartre with two parrots named Mommy and Daddy. A fortune teller advises her to live and love instead of staying tied to the past. Her neighbour Pierre has been betrayed by a woman and thinks he cannot love anymore. Will they get to know each other or will Ombline follow the advice of Mr. Fitzpatrick, the mysterious crocodile-man, to remain pure and lonely? A dreamy, elegant novel with an atmosphere reminiscent of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Amélie.