MISE À DAY
We've always had a weakness for stories that go completely off the beaten track. This is what explains in large part why we enjoyed this one so much, which takes place in 1995, in Tennessee.
That year, Lillian Breaker will receive a new letter of her friend Madison. They haven't seen each other in over a good decade and lead very different lives, but whatever. Year after year, they never stopped writing to each other. And this time, if Madison took up the pen, it was to offer Lillian a job… without however specifying which one.
All fired up
At 28, Lillian is a grocery store cashier and still lives with her mother in the attic of the house. If there is worse, we also agree that there can be better. And as a result, Lillian will go to Franklin without asking too many questions.
She should have, because what Madison is going to offer her will be beyond comprehension. The man she married, a wealthy senator older than her, had twins from a previous marriage. Bessie and Roland, 10 years old. Their mother having recently died, so they are about to come live with them and Madison would like Lillian to become their governess. The problem, because there is a problem, is that they would both suffer from a unique ailment: if they are disturbed or angry, their body temperature starts to climb alarmingly and … they catch fire!
We highly recommend.
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Broths & bowls
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Thrills guaranteed
The house without memories
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Save who can!
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On February 23, 2021, eight months later, Nikolin will reappear as if by magic in the same place, but alone. And when Pietro Gerber tries to make him talk to find out what could have happened to his mother, what he will hear will be quite horrifying.
A good opus, Donato Carrisi certainly not lacking in skill!