Adèle by Leïla Slimani, Sam Taylor (Translator)

Adèle by Leïla Slimani, Sam Taylor (Translator)Adele appears to have the perfect life. She is a successful journalist in Paris who lives in a chic apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But beneath the veneer of 'having it all', she is bored and consumed by an insatiable need for sex, whatever the cost. Struggling to contain the twin forces of compulsion and desire, she begins to orchestrate her life around her one night stands and extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and

Throughout his journey

and the more questions she has

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Taking an independent route

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