Children's literature: life is not a romantic comedy

Fiona is a teenager of her time. She hangs out at the skatepark with her friends, comforts herself with binge-watching episodes of her favorite shows on Netflix, then uses Instagram as a means of communication. 

She finds her mother so heavy… And this is where the story becomes more interesting: alongside Fiona's story, we dive into Kate's, in 1997, when she was herself. even as a teenager and lived in the grandiose Outremont home of her famous mother. 

The chapters intertwine and it is thus, with one foot in the present and in the past, that we discover who the Sharp women really are and how their visions of love and life are alike, after all.

An excellent coming of age type novel that will charm teenagers as well as young adults, and even mothers!

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< p>Unforgettable

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L'étourbillon

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