All That For Nothing

"This is how love goes, right? It strays. It overflows. It explodes. Apologies can mend many trespasses. I love her without any limits. She loves me beyond any limits."

For her twenty-first birthday, Jeanne goes to a nightclub with her friends. That night, she meets Alexandra, nicknamed "Alex". A show-off, the kind of person that Jeanne simply can't stand. She carries herself like a boy. Cap on her head, messy hair, torn jeans, spread legs. She speaks loudly - very loudly. Despite that first impression, Jeanne allows herself to be seduced. Weakened by her troubled past, Jeanne lets Alex into her life to fill in the void. However, Alex's growing flaws become a burden that drags Jeanne down into a toxic spiral of madness.

"A page-turner, a fluid and poetic style: Marine's writing lets us peer into her most private moments as her novel is based on a true story" St?phanie Cottin, French literary critic.