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Seventeen year-old Cecile, her father Raymond and his current girlfriend Elsa are spending the summer in a Mediterranean coastal village. Cecile's mother died several years before and ever since, Raymond has had a string of brief romances. Cecile adores her father and isn't bothered at all by his selfish manipulations of the women he moves in and out of her life and even makes excuses for his behavior until he shows a preference for old friend Anne's company rather than her own.
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Aug 27, 2012
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Not at all uninteresting. I had been using this book as a door stop but I'm glad I promoted it, am glad I finally read it. It's not even that old-fashioned except for when Cécile's father says she'll never have to worry about her future since she'll always have a man to take care of her. Otherwise, the manipulations and deceptions are pretty timeless.
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