Without me

Title: Without Me

Author: Marie Desplechin

Binding: Paperback

EAN: 9789041403629

Condition: Good

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- As New: Hardly any signs of use, almost as new.
- Good: May show minor signs of use, such as some discoloration or a name on the endpapers, but generally no underlining or notes in the text.
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- New: Book is new.

Description:
What does a young, divorced woman with two children do when her nanny moves in with her and all her belongings under the guise that she has no permanent residence and gets along well with her children? Olivia, a wanderer, a "runner" for a dealer and an occasional prostitute, carries with her a loaded past and a precarious present. With her, the world of violence and corruption beats at the heart of a young woman with a vital energy that transcends all boundaries, people find the most important moments in the kitchen - the place par excellence for intimate confidences - or "late at night, with a cigarette and a sip of vodka from a mustard glass. Zonder mij is an equally ironic and sensitive story about the blossoming of a wanderer with as its counterpart the portrait of an eternally overworked and disappointed narrator, who finds her mirror, sister and solace in Olivia