Beautiful as the River
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AuthorПеррон Мелисса
UDC 821.133.1 BBK 84(7Kan)-44 Perron M. Beautiful as the River: [novel] / Melissa Perron; Translated from French. — Moscow: Alpina Publisher, 2024. — 280 pages. ISBN 978-5-9614-8701-5 In the second novel of Melissa Perron's trilogy, her heroine Fabienne finally discovers the reason for her peculiarities that have distinguished her from other people since childhood. The diagnosis of "autism" puts everything in place and allows Fabienne to better understand herself: she realizes that there is nothing terrible in her unusual behavior and embraces herself with all her traits. After her mother's death, she inherits a house by the river, and her life takes an unpredictable turn, flowing into a new course. The river seems to draw happiness into Fabienne's fate and gives hope for the future, about which she, having lived for many years trapped by anxiety and numerous fears, could not even dream.