THE NEST

This is the story of a couple who could not have children, yet who had hundreds of them.
It is the story of intellectuals, anarchists, pacifists, trade unionists and feminists.
It is the story of a couple of Resistance fighters who were mistaken for collaborators.
It is the story of Yvonne and Roger Hagnauer, whom everyone called Gull and Penguin.
It is the story of the Sèvres Children’s Home, a unique experiment in freedom, pedagogy and openness to the world.
And it is also my story since my mother, saved by this couple, spent her entire childhood in this home.