A drab middleaged housewife is deserted by her caddish husband. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The yellow eyes of crocodiles katherine pancol, trans. The yellow eyes of crocodiles is a novel that it is difficult to take your eyes off of while reading it. No wonder katherine pancols books are all bestsellers, reading her feels like coming home. The blade had slipped on the potato and cut a long gash into her wrist. Katherine pancol has 39 books on goodreads with 44199 ratings. Maureen corrigan recommended the yellow eyes of crocodiles as a light, fun escape. After that the story flattens out and nothing anyone says or does seems very believable. A megabest seller in france and around the world, the yellow eyes of crocodiles has been translated into english for the first time and is available now. The yellow eyes of crocodiles by katherine pancol when her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile farm in kenya with his mistress, josephine cortes is left in an unhappy state of affairs. The first edition of the novel was published in march 1st 2006, and was written by katherine pancol.
The yellow eyes of crocodiles large print book, 2014. The book was a fun read with such finely drawn characters that i kept thinking of them afterwards. The yellow eyes of crocodiles has already been translated into a bazillion languages and has sold over 2. The yellow eyes of crocodiles pastans narrator, who describes herself as a moth, works as a curators assistant at a midwestern art museum. When her sister iris comes up with a plan for josephine to write a twelfthcentury romance, but the book will be published under iriss name, things go awry when the book becomes a literary sensation.
A novel paperback common paperback 20 by william rodarmor and helen dickinson by katherine pancol author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The yellow eyes of crocodiles audiobook by katherine. Reading the yellow eyes of crocodiles by katherine pancol at lincoln park in chicago for most of the book, the crocodile story takes a bit of a back seat to the story of the sisters and the book theyre writing. A novel a josephine cortes novel by katherine pancol, william rodarmor, et al. The yellow eyes of crocodiles is full of crazy characters and twisting sub plots. The yellow eyes of crocodiles by katherine pancol book. This is not in a sense that is completely bad or good. All is wellthat is, until the book becomes the literary sensation of the season. Helen dickinson when her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile farm in kenya with his mistress, josephine cortes is left in an unhappy state of affairs.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 464 pages and is available in paperback format. The yellow eyes of crocodiles is the first novel in the josephine series by french author, katherine pancol. The mother of twoconfident, beautiful teenage hortense and shy, babyish zoeis forced to maintain a stable family life while making ends meet on her meager salary as a medieval history scholar. Pdf the yellow eyes of crocodiles book by katherine. I thought the plot was predictable and labored, and the characters were tedious. I usually like her recommendations, but this is an exception. When josephine cortes discovers that her unemployed husband is having an affair, she gathers her courage and kicks him out. The yellow eyes of crocodiles has all the quirks, tensions, and belly.
She looked at her blue veins, the red streak, the white sink, the yellow plastic colander where the peeled white potatoes lay glistening. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Katherine was born in morocco, grew up in france, taught school in switzerland, and worked as a journalist at parismatch. Free download or read online the yellow eyes of crocodiles pdf epub book. The yellow eyes of crocodiles is the first of katherine pancols works of fiction to be translated into english despite the fact that she has, for at least a decade now, consistently been among the bestselling french authors in france. The yellow eyes of crocodiles introduces us to ugly duckling josephine cortes, who has always been treated dismissively by her snobbish and stylish mother, henriette, and by her sister, chic society wife, iris. When she discovers her unemployed husband antoine call me tonio is having an affair with his manicurist, josephine cortes kicks him out of their paris apartment and resolves to somehow manage, with two daughters, on her own. When her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile farm in kenya with his mistress, mother of two josephine cortes is left to try and make ends meet.
Her characters become like friends and family members, and you long to know how they get on. Fashion tips to look younger style mistakes that age you. Katherine pancol author of the yellow eyes of crocodiles. This detailed literature summary also contains quotes and a free quiz on the yellow eyes of crocodiles by katherine pancol. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The yellow eyes of crocodiles by katherine pancol, 9781760112202, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Editions of the yellow eyes of crocodiles by katherine pancol.
The yellow eyes of crocodiles is an engaging and entertaining work. Immediately download the the yellow eyes of crocodiles summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching the yellow eyes of crocodiles. Le divorce meets the elegance of the hedgehog in this hilariously entertaining megabestseller from france. Amid worries about her familys future, she flat out refuses assistance from her cold hearted. The yellow eyes of crocodiles josephine cortes novel. The book s themes of love and loss, reinvention and redemption are universal. Josephine is a poorlypaid history researcher and mother to teenage hortense, who is a mercenary irisintraining, and sweet little zoe. For katherine pancol, the author of the 2006 best selling french novel the yellow eyes of crocodiles, everything is a story. It is a pleasure to watch josephine discover herself, a transformation that pancol achieves effortlessly. Books for broken hearts, the yellow eyes of crocodiles. About the yellow eyes of crocodiles the yellow eyes of crocodiles was first published in french in 2006, with an english translation appearing in 20. Or has the potential to be onewhether it is a news report about a woman who committed a murder and got her sister to take the blame, or a. The mother of twoconfident, beautiful teenage hortense and shy, babyish.
Katherine pancol was awarded best author 2007 by gorodets publishing moscow. For the first half of the book, the reader is kept engaged by this. Books by katherine pancol author of the yellow eyes of. Helen dickinson le divorce meets the elegance of the hedgehog in this hilariously entertaining megabestseller from france when her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile. The yellow eyes of crocodiles, which has been a runaway bestseller in france and translated into more than two dozen languages, seems at first to follow a traditional womensnovel formula. This acclaimed book by helen dickinson is available at in several formats for your ereader. A novel paperback common paperback 20 by william rodarmor and helen dickinson by katherine pancol author see. Books for broken hearts the yellow eyes of crocodiles. Katherine pancols most popular book is the yellow eyes of crocodiles. But it does come full circle at the end and i can see why the author publishers.
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