Stories We Tell Ourselves – Sarah Françoise

The book I received in the December Reading in Heels subscription was Stories We Tell Ourselves by Sarah Françoise.

Avid readers will know that one of my presents for my 30th birthday from the hubby was a subscription for Reading in Heels.

I finished Stories We Tell Ourselves last week and wanted to get the review done to share with you quickly!

Don’t worry there’s no spoilers here.

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The plot

The story focuses on Frank and Joan, an ordinary couple that lives in France, and their 3 adult kids (Lois, Maya and William) who now have family of their own, except for William, who is still a university student.

They’re about to be visited for Christmas by their three children, all wrestling with their own relationship difficulties.

The story is told from a third-person perspective.

We get to experience the family dynamics and take a glimpse of their past to understand their current situation.

They are all facing their own crisis of cheating, being cheated and the struggle of deciding to keep things as they are or taking a new direction.

Throughout the story the focus changes from one character to another, which I liked because I was able to see the same situation (like the cheating issues from each couple) from the point of view of more than one character.

Simon the dog is my favourite character.

He’s Frank’s dog but is in love with one of the daughters and has his moments of self-reflection and even contemplates how a dog can commit suicide!

Don’t worry he doesn’t.

This isn’t your typical novel which I think is a theme with these Reading in Heels subscription choices.

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My overall thoughts

Honestly I don’t think this book will be for everyone.

If you want to get out of your comfort zone and enjoy a book with realistic depictions of family matters and some laugh out loud moments then you’ll like Stories We Tell Ourselves.

I enjoyed it.

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The second Reading in Heels book review was States of Passion by Nihad Sirees.

Here’s what I thought of the Outrun by Amy Liptrot

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