Another Woman's Life
Publisher
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Leméac
Parution date
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EAN
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9782742775804
Number of pages
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340
Description
***Adapted to the big screen in a dramatic comedy starring Mathieu Kassovitz and Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche***
The author skillfully guides the reader through this surprising “roman à tiroirs”, which is also an engrossing story of psychological suspense. Bravo!
—Tatiana de Rosnay
Twenty-five-year-old Marie goes to a party, meets Pablo, and spends the night with him. When she wakes up beside him, twelve years have passed. She and Pablo are married and have three children. But Marie can remember nothing that happened since the night of the party—she doesn’t even know the names of her own children.
As the newly awakened Marie discovers her new life, everything looks perfect at first. She seems to have had a wonderful marriage with a loving husband and a supportive family. She learns that she has had a good career as a journalist, but has recently resigned and started taking acting classes. If her life is so successful, she wonders, why has she forgotten everything?
Marie starts to reassemble her life story with the help of an old acquaintance, the only person who knows about her amnesia; but when she has to remember the password for her e-mail account or at what time she has to pick up her children after school, she is on her own. As she moves along the journey of self-knowledge, we realize how much we want her to be successful in her search for happiness—and forgiveness. We rejoice when she finally discovers what really happened and learns once again how to love her husband.
Another Woman’s Life gradually unfolds, revealing the depths of human relationships and how we make our life choices. A movie adaptation starring Juliette Binoche and Mathieu Kassovitz is in pre-production.
Author
Frédérique Deghelt : Frédérique Deghelt is a novelist and television writer. She is also the author of La grand-mère de Jade (2009) and La nonne et le brigand (2011), both published by Actes Sud.
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