If your customers are looking for a great read that is NOT formulaic, may I recommend
Underground Timeby Delphine De Vigan? The author is French and this book was shortlisted for the 2009 Prix Goncourt. The two main characters in this novel, Mathilde and Thibault are struggling with their lives in Paris. Mathilde has a boss who really, truly is out to get her. Thibault is in love with a woman who is really cold and distant and he knows that he must break up their affair.
Mathilde has already suffered widowhood. Her job in the company was the one thing that gave her an identity, a sense of belonging. Now her boss, Jacques has turned on her. Thibault is feeling isolated and alienated from the city that he once loved. The two of them travel through the city with their struggles. They are on parallel paths. Their paths may cross. And then?
Read this riveting, beautifully written novel to find out!
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