Camille Bordas

Loved this story about a French boy trying to make sense of his crazy family and the crazy world. Ran across the author from a fine short story she had in The New Yorker, so looked her up. This is her third novel, but the first two are in French. (She grew up speaking French and Spanish, but she has lived in the US for a while and this book was written in English.)

Looking forward to reading more by her. I was sad when the book ended!

Here’s the short story I liked: rel="nofollow" _target="_top">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/28/offside-constantly
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“”Your pants,” I said, “your shirts—all beige. Or . . . oatmeal, maybe.” “Oatmeal” sounded less aggressive. I’d been told I was a little mean at times, in my choice of words.”

I’m sorry but I laughed WAY too hard at this. If someone said I had an oatmeal color shirt on, I would die.

The main character is a huge control freak, but I understand that she quit smoking cold turkey. I would be on edge too. Her family seems toxic so I could relate to that. Nothing really happened. The main characters obsessive nature seemed funny.… (more)