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Soft in the Head

2 Ratings

3.5

Duration
4H 6min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

His mother called him a worthless halfwit while his fellow drunks at the local bar ensure he's the butt of all their jokes. He spends his days whittling wood and counting pigeons. So how could Germain possibly understand what a casual encounter on a park bench with eighty-five year old Margueritte could mean?

In this touchingly comic tale of an unusual friendship, that first conversation opens a door into a world Germain could never have imagined – the world of books – and gives both him and Margueritte a chance at a happiness they thought had passed them by.

© 2019 Pushkin Press (Audiobook): 9781782276456
© 2016 Pushkin Press (Ebook): 9781782272045

Translators: Frank Wynne

Release date

Audiobook: 19 November 2019
Ebook: 9 June 2016

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