"Every story has two sides.
Every relationship has two perspectives.
And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets.
At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but behind closed doors things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed."
Every relationship has two perspectives.
And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets.
At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but behind closed doors things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed."
I found this a little confusing at first, and it took some time to get into. Once in, I was gripped. Part one is from gorgeous Lotto's perspective and part 2 from beautiful Mathilde's. As suggested in the blurb, absurdly different. I preferred reading Part 2. Secrets from the past kept emerging, and the plot moved forward, shockingly at times.
I enjoyed this book, but felt that it was way above my level of reading genius. I think I missed most of the links to the clever plays Lotto wrote, the references to the mythology. A bit too highfalutin for my liking, but pleasurable, nevertheless.
4 stars
ISBN:9780099592532
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Sounds interesting! I'll have to check it out!
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