num_pages: 464
description: Le Divorce meets The Elegance of the Hedgehog in this hilariously entertaining mega-bestseller from France When her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile farm in Kenya with his mistress Josphine Corts is left in an unhappy state of affairs. The mother of twoconfident beautiful teenage Hortense and shy babyish Zois forced to maintain a stable family life while making ends meet on her meager salary as a medieval history scholar. Meanwhile Josphines charismatic sister Iris seems to have it alla wealthy husband gorgeous looks and a trs chic Paris addressbut she dreams of bringing meaning back into her life. When Iris charms a famous publisher into offering her a lucrative deal for a twelfth-century romance she offers her sister a deal of her own: Josphine will write the novel and pocket all the proceeds but the book will be published under Iriss name. All is wellthat is until the book becomes the literary sensation of the season.
language: English
title: The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
publisher: Penguin Books