On the other hand, Joan’s mother does not seem to be a direct victim, yet, she reacts quite strongly and refuses her daughter the love she craves for. Joan’s grandmother has been raped, a dramatic experience of violence, yet, we do never learn about what this did to the woman.

Violence and love are constantly opposed and they seem not to able to exist without each other. She is addressing her account of the events to somebody, yet it takes until the end for the reader to understand whom she tells about her life.From a psychological point of view, Taddeo has created quite interesting characters. The narrator herself is unable to love unconditionally, she needs to have the upper hand over her lovers, yet, this presumed precaution measure fires back and somehow she is stuck in the role of the kid who is longing for being loved. In her latest novel, too, complicated relationships between men and women are central to the story’s development. Joan can run, but somehow her bad luck follows her, she seems prone to attracting all kind of evil and so it does not take too long until it comes back to her.Lisa Taddeo made her debut with “Three women“ which I already liked a lot. She thinks back to what her life had to offer so far, her mother who was unable to love her, her father whom she admired childishly. Alice, whom she had tracked online over all those years.

With little money left, she finds a small place to stay and she also finds the woman she was looking for. Joan flees New York to California after he lover Victor shot himself publicly in front of her.

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