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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Marie is an ex-convict cum nanny who reminds one of the Russian fable about the scorpion and the turtle: Promising not to sting, the scorpion overcomes the turtle's better judgement and scores a ride across the river. Reaching the other side, the scorpion stings and kills the turtle anyway saying in defense, "I am sorry, but I couldn't resist the urge. It's in my nature." There are a few turtles in this story, including Ellen, the childhood friend who hires Marie on; Benoît Doniel, Ellen's husband who has written Marie's favorite book; an Oscar-Award nominated actor who provides Marie a taste of life on the French Riviera... What becomes clear however, is that as Marie goes on the lam, is that these "turtles" have natures and stingers of their own. The only innocent of the story is Marie's charge, the toddler Katy, who attenuates Marie's proclivities. Still, there is a harrowing scene in which it becomes clear that even Katy cannot redeem "Bad Marie" however much we may root for Marie. ( ) The jacket blurbs and lots of reviews make this sound like a slightly trashy, guilty-pleasure of a novel, and it's got plenty of that quality but it's also a very moving read, a character study of a recklessly self-indulgent woman who encounters disaster after disaster but powers through it all and almost always stay true to the love of her life, the toddler whose nanny she is and whom she stole, along with the child's father, from the childhood frenemy for whom she works. I laughed, I cringed, I started thinking about planning a trip abroad. Full review here: http://bit.ly/guB25I sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"Reading Marcy Dermansky's Bad Marie is like spending a rainy afternoon in a smaller, older movie theater watching a charming French movie with a woman (or a man) you've just met on the street and already like far too much. It's sinful in all the right ways, delicate, seditious, and deliciously evil." -- Frederick Barthelme "Dermansky excels at depicting extreme emotional states and how we rationalize them." --Village Voice From the critically-acclaimed author of Twins, Marcy Dermansky, comes a highly original novel of Manhattan, Paris, and Mexico; of love and motherhood; and of life on the lam. Fans of Heather O'Neill (Lullabies for Little Criminals) and A.M. Homes (Music for Torching) will revel in the wicked delights of Bad Marie. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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