Margot Louve, a French teenager and the hidden result of a two-decade affair between a notable politician and a celebrated actress, has spent her life shrouded in secrecy within a Parisian apartment. Yearning for acknowledgment and weary of the lies, Margot's seventeenth summer brings a chance encounter with a journalistic figure that triggers her to destabilize her delicate existence. The subsequent scandal not only thrusts Margot into the spotlight but also unravels the fabric of multiple lives. In 'The Margot Affair', Sanae Lemoine weaves a tale of familial complexities, forbidden love, and the harrowing consequences of unveiling truths best left cloaked in the Parisian shadows.