Adele

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But unresolved emotions and unhealed wounds, as well as long-buried memories can also have hazardous and unpredictable consequences.

This contrast between his surroundings and his perspective creates an interesting dynamic but somewhat detracts from the central theme of a marriage in crisis. Mas tem uma história fortíssima, claustrofóbica, triste, que nos esmurra e nos faz querer amparar esta mulher que nunca chegou a ser. On the other, the self destructive sex was better treated in Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair. Lending her a pair of shoes, picking the kids up from the school gate, lying to the police… How far would you go for your best friend?Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer View image in fullscreen Leïla Slimani: ‘little concerned with reader-pleasing narrative treats’.

Like her previous novel Lullaby, Leila Slimani’s Adele has an intriguing premise that she unfortunately totally fails to deliver on.Nadia, a single mother from Amman, emerges as a formidable character, determined to carve a brighter future for her son in a society where gender biases run deep.