Strike your heart
By: Amelie Nothomb ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson
Contributors: Anderson, Alison, translator
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9781609454852
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Mothers and daughters; Fiction; Female friendship
Work titles: Frappe-toi le coeur
Description: Marie is the prettiest girl in her provincial hometown and is dating the most popular boy in town. She is the envy of all her schoolmates and she loves it. When she falls pregnant and gives birth to Diana, things change. Diana steals the hearts of all who meet her, inciting nothing but jealousy in her mother. This is Diana's story. The story of a young, brilliant woman who grows up without maternal affection. It is the story of Diana's relationships with other women: her best friend, the sweet Elisabeth; her mentor, the selfish Olivia; her sister, the beloved Célia; and, of course, her mother. It is a story about the baser sentiments that often animate human relations: rivalry, jealousy, distrust.
Notes: Translated from the French novel, Frappe-toi le coeur.