After Autopsy of a flat womanwhich introduced the endearing character of Diane who had just been dumped after 25 years of marriage, then Diane asks for a recountits very entertaining sequel where her heroine tried to understand who she was now, alone, at 50, with a new career, Marie-Renée Lavoie closes this romantic cycle with Drinks and setbacks of a chipper.
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We obviously find Diane and her best friend Claudine there, still living in their duplex in the Limoilou district, in Quebec. The latter convinces her friend, more certain of having a passion for teaching, to return to the company where she had worked for 17 years before being cavalierly thrown out, this time in HR, decked out with the very vague title of “synergy of professional and digital teams”.
Its mandate, in short: to be a troublemaker, to resolve the childish conflicts and internal wars that eat away at various services. At the same time, we follow the evolution of Diane, who reconnects with her angry impulses of destruction with a sledgehammer, makes peace with her ex and continues to dream of the handsome Ji-Pi, her colleague. And all this, watching his children gradually become adults, with the mixture of worry, nostalgia but also pride that this can bring.
Without reinventing anything, the novelist serves up a dynamic novel carried by her lively pen, tasty dialogues and a gallery of colorful characters. The fans of Diane will be happy to find her for the last time, when she finally frees herself from the shackles that prevented her from biting into life to the fullest.
Drinks and setbacks of a chipper
Marie-Renee Lavoie
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248 pages