by Katherine Pancol
This one's going to be short since it's my first official post. I was enticed by the vibrant cover of the book (shame on me) and its comparison to The Elegance of the Hedgehog (which I loved). Too bad something got lost in translation. Apparently this book is a bestseller in France, but I can't fa...
Katherine Pancol's "Joséphine" trilogy sold like Paris street-vendor crèpes in France, and now the first of the three books has been translated into English. The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles introduces us to ugly duckling Joséphine Cortès, who has always been treated dismissively by her snobbish and st...
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles begins when Josphine’s husband runs away with his mistress to run a crocodile farm in Kenya. He leaves shy, bookish Josephine short on money and confidence. Her much bolder sister Iris takes advantage by getting Josephine to write a book that will be published under Iri...
Thank you to the publisher for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.I've given The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles a middle of the road rating of 3 stars. You could call that cheating. In this case I think it suits because I liked it but it took me at least a hundred pages to wa...
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