New audiobook: The Baptism, Guy de Maupassant

In a French village in the late nineteenth century, Mélina’s family prepares for her child’s baptism. Relatives, godparents, and the young priest Jean join the ceremonial procession, bringing him unusually close to the newborn. A familiar country ritual becomes a quiet reflection on kinship, the continuation of life, human tenderness, and the emotions concealed beneath the discipline and restraint of religious service.