| #1912623 in Books | 2013-04-02 | 2013-04-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.23 x.56 x5.30l,.53 | File type: PDF | 176 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Bitter Indeed|By Georgia Grit|This book will drive you crazy with its repetitive theme of teaching a woman over and over again to sign and read her name. There is an underlying story that would have been compelling had the author not reiterated this theme forcing you to skip over many parts of the book in order to maintain your sanity. If you decide to read it anyway, do be p||Praise for Bitter Almonds||"Wry, sly, and coyly seditious, Cosse's piquant satire is a subtly wrought manifesto against blatant consumer manipulation and media malfeasance." —Carol Haggas, Booklist||"Cosse poignantly depicts characte
From the pen of Laurence Cossé, author of A Novel Bookstore, comes this delightful story about friendship across racial and economic barriers set in contemporary paris.
Édith can hardly believe it when she learns that Fadila, her sixty-year-old housemaid, is completely illiterate. How can a person living in Paris in the third millennium possibly survive without knowing how to read or write? How does she catch a bus, or pay a bi...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Bitter Almonds | Laurence Cossé.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
