Patience Portefeux, 53 yr old translator from Arabic to French for the Ministry of Justice.
This novel sounds very french in the cadence of sentences because it is a translation. Took a little getting used to.
What a character ! Bizarre neurological ailment - colours and shapes are linked to taste and feelings.(bimodal synaesthesia). and her relationship with her mother !
Very sobering the treatment her mother received in the nursing home.
It’s an almost implausible plot of how she ended up dealing drugs but I have to admit, the plot is quite clever.
I feel sorry for the cop fiancé though. That scene where he discovered the Chamonix Oranges was priceless.
I like the Little Fireworks Collector photo with Audrey Hepburn.
6/5.5/5.5/6/ 5/ 7
There are better books out there
Wouldn’t recommend it to my friends
Our next book is A Pale View of Hills by Kazuko Ishiguro and will be at Sharon's on Thursday March 12, 2020.
