“She’s a better mother for being a better dog!” » This is what the mother of a 2-year-old child realizes at the end of her tether, who only dreams of a full night’s sleep and a few hours just for herself to be able to make art.
This initial premise is a daring metaphor, especially since the author of this first novel manages to hold it to the end in a fairly staged manner.
Stuck in her role as a stay-at-home mother – “a prison that I myself created” – this thirty-year-old who will never be named one day notices the appearance of strangely coarse hairs on the back of her neck and what looks more and more like more to a tail at the lower back.
From the moment she abandons herself to the dog growing inside her and she only obeys the “injunctions of her body” – but above all, she stops wanting to reach the standards of these mothers. The perfect, fulfilled look that she does everything possible to avoid in the park or the library – she realizes that she feels freer.
How do you find yourself when you become someone you never imagined you would be and you have to reset your dreams? A reflection on motherhood that will touch many heartstrings even among mothers who have not had to give up their career to take care of their child. It goes without saying that we are very curious to discover how the talented Amy Adams will interpret this extraordinary character in the film which is due to be released in theaters at the end of the year.
The night female dog
Flammarion
320 pages