Diane demande un recomptage
Diane Asks for a Recount
by Marie-Renée Lavoie
Éditions XYZ, 2020
280 pages
14×21 cm
The second episode of Diane’s adventures after the great success of Autopsie d’une femme plate.
After Autopsy of a Boring Wife, Diane is back in this follow-up novel chronicling her adventures in the dating world as she embarks on a new career. Her marriage may be over, but she has more than enough love to go around and gives it away generously.
First, to her grown children, next to her best friend Claudine and her daughters, then to a class- room of children who soak up her attention, and finally to Madeleine, her sweet, wizened old neighbor whose big drafty house becomes a haven for stray cats.
But there’s still room in her heart for a man who can treat her like royalty… like the Lady Di she is.
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«Lavoie continues to bring her brand of intelligent pop fiction to life using clever and accessible language that steers clear of clichés. A feel good book? Absolutely. Where other novels rankle for their always-happily- ever-after formula, the author of Autopsy of a Boring Wife reminds readers that friendship, generosity and a good bottle of wine can do wonders to ease life’s misfortunes.»
Le Devoir
Rights sold: World English, German, English Audio, French Audio
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Marie-Renée Lavoie has won numerous awards (including, with La petite et le vieux, the Archambault emerging talent prize and the Combat des livres Radio-Canada). Her novel Les chars meurent also was chosen by Quebec City in the spring of 2019 for the Une ville, un livre campaign. Autopsy of a Flat Woman, the first volume of the adventures of Diane Delaunais which continue in Diane demands a recount, has been published in France, English Canada and Germany, and has sold over 10,000 copies.
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