Strike Your Heart

Strike Your Heart

Marie is the prettiest girl in her provincial hometown and is dating the most popular boy in town. She is the envy of all her schoolmates and she loves it. When she falls pregnant and gives birth to Diana, things change. Diana steals the hearts of all who meet her, inciting nothing but jealousy in her mother. This is Diana's story. The story of a young, brilliant woman who grows up without maternal affection. It is the story of Diana's relationships with other women: her best friend, the sweet Elisabeth; her mentor, the selfish Olivia; her sister, the beloved Célia; and, of course, her mother. It is a story about the baser sentiments that often animate human relations: rivalry, jealousy, distrust.
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Preye@ayebaipreye
4 stars
Apr 29, 2022

This is a greatly moving story of love, neglect, and jealousy in all its phases. My heart broke for Diane and Celia so many times. So many different definitions of a "mother" and how damning it is for a child to be the "unwanted" one. I love how simple this was to read and I literally breezed through some pages because of how fluid the language is. There isn't a gut-punching climax, rather the book progresses evenly and arcs are built on arcs.

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Kimberly Page@kimberlypage
5 stars
Aug 12, 2022
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Amy Maddess@amymaddess
2 stars
Feb 2, 2022

This book appears on the shelf forthcoming

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