Bad Marie is the story of Marie, tall, voluptuous, beautiful, thirty years old, and fresh from six years in prison for being an accessory to murder and armed robbery. The only job Marie can get on the outside is as a nanny for her childhood friend Ellen Kendall, an upwardly mobile Manhattan executive whose mother employed Marie's mother as a housekeeper. After Marie moves in with Ellen, Ellen's angelic baby Caitlin, and Ellen's husband, a very attractive French novelist named Benoit Doniel, things get complicated, and almost before she knows what she's doing, Marie has absconded to Paris with both Caitlin and Benoit Doniel. On the run and out of her depth, Marie will travel to distant shores and experience the highs and lows of foreign culture, lawless living, and motherhood as she figures out how to be an adult; how deeply she can love; and what it truly means to be "bad".
My thoughts
Marie is just one person with a lot of bad luck that she seems to create herself. Marie spent six years in prison and a childhood friend takes pity on her and hires her as a nanny. But Marie likes her drink, and soon loses that job. She runs off to Paris with her friend’s husband and child, and begins to travel the globe with hopes of finding some happiness. Marie may be a wicked person but this novel was a fun read.
Disclaimer: I received this book for reviewer from the publisher. I received no compensation for my thoughts.
1 comments:
I guess I can't quite decide if I'd like it yet, but I'm definitely intrigued.
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