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An easy read. Short and entertaining but totally forgettable.

Thanks to @Reviewsbylola for posting about this book. I‘ve never read this author & now I‘m looking for everything she‘s written. Another Europa that satisfies. For such a short novel it packs a punch. The cruelty of Diane‘s mother withholding love from her young child continues to resonate throughout Diane‘s life. The brief narrative is excellent at making you think deeply about the repercussions of jealousy, love, selfishness, & narcissism.

If you need a book for #booked2021‘s #blackjack21 prompt, this is it.

One of my top books of the year. Easily. This is why I do reading challenges. I would have NEVER come across this book if not for the challenge. I struggled so much with this prompt. I pored over my shelves to find a possibility. Not one fit the requirements! Same with my TBR on GR. Finally after different Google searches, I found this book. And loved it!

Another very nothomb novel by Amelie Nothomb. If you know her style, you know what you get. Characters, perfectly integrated into our society, but if you take a closer look, there's something amiss. But what? And why?

To me, Amelie Nothomb feels like an expensive chocolate. You enjoy savour it. Then you have to force yourself to not eat another bite, but to feel when it's time for another piece.

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#BiblioMAYnia Day 10: #AMothersStory as depicted in this translated Belgian novel is not warm and fuzzy. I don‘t think I have read any mother as hateful as Diane‘s mother, Marie: thoroughly self-absorbed, mean and spiteful, and unmindful of anyone else‘s needs apart from her own. Diane is fortunate to have been ‘saved‘ somewhat by the love showered upon her by other family members. My full review of this thoughtful novel: https://wp.me/pDlzr-kun

Here‘s a book I hope to get to soon. (Along with SO many others! 😬) Thanks for the tag @Addison_Reads !! The blue for this cover isn‘t glaringly obvious but I think it counts!
If either of you want to play I‘m tagging @marleed and @Follow.my.read #ISpy a white cover.

Because I am still clearing leave from last year (even though I will be away practically the whole of July), I took the entire week off (well, Wednesday, is a public holiday, so there‘s that) to read these women from Belgium, Rwanda, Norway, UK, South Korea, Israel, Ireland, and the US - because #WomenReadWomen2019 at GatheringBooks.

Lovely white French shelf at the bookstore. I wish I knew French ❤️