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Everyting about : UNE VIE

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 LEST'S TALK ABOUT "UNE VIE" The story of a fighter, probably the most impressive french woman with the most incredibly sad story. Simone Veil is the role model of so many women, and I have to admit that she is mine to, she beacme after reading her autobiography : "une vie". The first part of the book talks about her life as jew during the second world war. She spend time in the camp. And even after all of these ordeals she became one of the most political influant woman. All her life she helped people, she helped in the prison, with drugs addiction and she promulgate the Veil law : the right to abort in France in 1974. A LITTLE CONTEXT ABOUT "UNE VIE" " Une vie" was written by Simone Veil, one ex-justice mister of France. It was published in 2007. It was one of the best sell in France in 2008. Une vie means "one life" in french ( a pretty good yet obvious title for an autobiography).  5 WORDS ABOUT "UNE VIE" "the mos...

Everything about : Milk and Honey

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  LEST'S TALK ABOUT MILK AND HONEY I have to admit that, as I am writing, I have not read a lot of (receuils) but Milk and Honey is clearly my favorite. Rupi Kaur expresses her feelings like nobody else, relating her stiries, traumas and advices with the kindness of a big sister. With her honnest words she makes us all feel normal, okay, human. A LITTLE CONTEXT ABOUT MILK AND HONEY Rupi Kaur, a young canadian poetess, wrote Milk and honey in 2014. The  collection  featured in the top canadian best seller of the year. It is divide in 4 part (I gess we can call them chapter) that are  respectively  called :"the hurting","the loving","the breaking" and the "healing". Troughout the book rupi Kaur adds to her poems self made drawings. Rupi Kaur fist starded her artistic career when she was a teen on social media by publishing small poems on intagram. WHAT TO READ IF YOU LIKED MILK AND HONEY If you liked Milk and Honney by Rupi Kaur, I advise you t...

Everything about : CHARLOTTE

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  LET'S TALK ABOUT IT Such a beautiful portrait of the heart-breaking story of Charlotte, a German painter who died during the Holocaust. She gave her doctor her drawings, saying, "C'est toute ma vie" ("It's all my life"). David Foenkinos, haunted by the memories of an artist, made sure that she will never be forgotten by going in search of her. A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT "Charlotte" is the 13th book by David Foenkinos. It is inspired by the life of Charlotte Salomon, a German painter who died in Auschwitz in 1943. This novel won the Renaudot Prize and sold almost 400,000 copies in 2014. WHAT TO READ IF YOU LIKED CHARLOTTE If you would like to read more heart-breaking stories about young people who endured the Shoah during the Second World War, I strongly recommend reading "Une Vie" by Simone Veil, a French politician who experienced the violence of concentration camps and shares everything about her terrible experience. I would also rec...

everything about: NORMAL PEOPLE

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LET'S TALK ABOUT IT Before reading Normal People, I didn't understand when my friend was telling me, 'It describes the most typical, unfortunate yet beautiful love story.' But now I understand what he meant. Indeed, Connell isn't the prince charming who changes for the nerd he is deeply in love with, and Marianne does not turn into the best version of herself after a makeover. This novel, set in Ireland and taking place over 4 years, perfectly describes the poor decisions and inappropriate behaviors of young people who are still figuring out what to do, normal people's behaviors. A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT : Written by Sally Rooney, an Irish novelist, Normal People was published in 2018. It quickly became a US bestseller, selling over 65,000 copies. It was adapted into a series in April 2020 on BBC Three. 5 WORDS TO DESCR IBE IT "Effortlessy brilliant...tender and devastating"   Guardian Books of the year WHAT TO READ IF YOU LIKED NORMAL PEOPLE If you en...

Everything about: SIX OF CROWS

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  LET'S TALK ABOUT IT A numerous amount of twists, an impossible mission, a well desgined world and a group of hetergenous yet very likeable characters : Leigh Bardugo clearly knows the recipe of a great fantasy novel. Everthing begins in the winding streets of Ketterdam where the young, sarcastic and  mysterious Kaz Brekker accepts the mission of the rich seller Van Eck: to deliver a savant in the "Ice Court", probably the most well guarded city. Accompanied by 5 other young people, that each serve their own intentions and capable of doing anything for money, Kaz embarks on a suicidal  mission  which could unleash an   irreversible c haos... A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT : "Written by Leigh Bardugo, a young adult novelist, 'Six of Crows' was released in 2015. It marked the beginning of the Grishaverse, a universe explored in four other books by Leigh Bardugo. Over 2 million copies were sold (I personally understand why). It was adapted into a Netflix series called...