What happens when self-love coexists with pain and vanity? How can you live in the mystery and restlessness of not having a story to tell? Maryse Cond� answers these questions from the story of three generations of island women united by the force of blood, abuse and violence. This novel is also Marie-No�lle's journey to piece together the puzzle of her identity from the island of Guadeloupe to France and the United States. Unwanted motherhood and men of dubious morals, Desirada is a novel that responds to a particular ...
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What happens when self-love coexists with pain and vanity? How can you live in the mystery and restlessness of not having a story to tell? Maryse Cond� answers these questions from the story of three generations of island women united by the force of blood, abuse and violence. This novel is also Marie-No�lle's journey to piece together the puzzle of her identity from the island of Guadeloupe to France and the United States. Unwanted motherhood and men of dubious morals, Desirada is a novel that responds to a particular cry: only since the invention of one's own language does one begin to live.
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