Innocence - Diane Giguere

A psychological novel exploring the complexities of family, guilt, and emotional turmoil. The story follows Claire, a young woman grappling with her strict upbringing and strained relationship with her mother. Through introspective narration and fragmented memories, Claire seeks to understand her identity amid feelings of love, resentment, and longing for freedom. Giguère’s lyrical prose delves into the intricacies of mother-daughter dynamics and the lasting effects of childhood experiences.

JEANNE-an ex-actress still frantically clinging to dreams of fame and glory, now a night. cashier in a café, finding consolation in the arms of a new-found lover

CELINE her illegitimate daughter, bitter, suicidal, nihilistic...

torn by the strange new sensations at work in her body. finding meaning in life only in the obsessive, unrelenting hate she bears for Jeanne

MOREUIL—the innocent husband married to a shrew .., and caught in the sticky, tacky web of these two women's voracious spider-like desire

'ALL THAT SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR HAS BATTERED DOWN OF FEMININE IDEALS, OF SENTIMENTAL LOVE, OF THE PLEASURES OF SEX, IS HERE REAFFIRMED BY DIANE GIGUERE, NOT ONLY REAFFIRMED, BUT RICHLY AMPLIFIED.. SHE HAS A PATHOS OF BEAUTY, A FURY OF BREAKING AWAY'