Book: Happy People Read and Drink Coffee Author: Agnes Martin-Lugand Genre: Fiction/Grief/Romance Summary: Diane seems to have the perfect life. She is a wife, a mother, and the owner of Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, a cozy literary cafe in Paris. But when she suddenly loses her beloved ...
This book is just so flat. It's like a cardboard cutout of what a grieving widow should look like. You know she should be sad, and broken. You know she should be unable to function, and need support. In this case though, it's hard to feel anything at all for our main character. She's one-dimensional...
Happy People Read and Drink Coffee by Agnes Martin-Lugand is not about happy people, reading, or coffee. The book is translated from the original French, and I don't know if it loses something in the translation. Unfortunately, the cliche, don't judge a book by its cover, applies to this book but no...
Une histoire touchante d'une lente reconstruction après l'horreur, la perte d'êtres les plus proches. Touchant, poignant, un long chemin pour se retrouver, se reconstruire, admettre ses faiblesses, ses instincts, aller de l'avant. Triste à certains moments, touchants à d'autres, à dévorer :)
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