But Joséphine’s socialite sister, Iris, has connections in the publishing world and proposes a bargain: Joséphine will use her knowledge of the 12th century to write a novel the money will go to her and the credit to Iris. Her teenage daughter, Hortense, emerges as a confident and driven sexual powerhouse who treats her dowdy mother with angry contempt.
Middle-aged Joséphine has hit bottom: she’s thrown out her husband for cheating with a younger woman and now must support their daughters on a researcher’s salary while the rest of her wealthy family take jabs at her choices.
The English translation of Pancol’s runaway French bestseller is a satisfying Cinderella story.
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