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After Nessa is widowed and her daughters leave for college, she’s left alone in her house near the ocean. In the quiet hours, she hears voices belonging to the dead—who will only speak to her. On the cusp of 50, Harriett’s marriage and career imploded, and she hasn’t left her house in months. But her life is far from over—in fact, she’s undergone a stunning metamorphosis. Jo spent 30 years at war with her body. The rage that arrived with menopause felt like the last straw—until she discovers she’s able to channel it.

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"Les faits merveilleux ou surnaturels ne sont pas aussi rares qu'on le croit ; il faudrait plutôt dire qu'ils se produisent sans ordre." Ainsi commence "La femme changée en renard", publié au début des années 1920, et qui révéla David Garnett, écrivain proche du groupe de Bloomsbury animé par Virginia Woolf. Roman fantastique, conte ou fable, ce récit qui conjugue l'humour et la fantaisie est également empreint de gravité, voire de cruauté.