Breaststrokes by Margaux Vialleron

Breaststrokes by Margaux VialleronA novel on consent told in five acts over the course of one weekend. Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met. They are strangers who share a city. It is Sunday morning. Cloe has woken up in someone elses home; Gertrude starts her shift in the pub kitchen, while Mathilde and Sarah are on their way to lunch. Soon, these four womens lives will overlap. Saturday felt like a normal day, but on Sunday the past will

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