Strike Your Heart Nothomb AmeliePaperback
Strike Your Heart Nothomb AmeliePaperback This coming of age novel by the acclaimed Belgian author is "a disarmingly simple yet deeply complex study of a mother-daughter relationship" (The Washington…
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Strike Your Heart Nothomb AmeliePaperback
This coming of age novel by the acclaimed Belgian author is "a disarmingly simple yet deeply complex study of a mother-daughter relationship" (The Washington Post).One of the Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of fiction in 2018Marie is the prettiest girl in her provincial high school, and dating the most popular boy in town. But when she gives birth to Diane, things begin to change. She is the envy of all her peers--and she loves it.
Young and brilliant, she grows up learning about life through her relationships with other women: her best friend, the sweet lisabeth; her mentor, the selfish Olivia; her sister, the beloved C lia; and, of course, her mother. Diane steals the hearts of all who meet her, inciting nothing but jealousy in her mother.This is Diane's story. It is a story about the baser sentiments that often animate human relations: